Open AccessContractualism vs. contractarianism
Author(s) -
Aleksandar Dobrijević
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
filozofija i društvo
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.116
H-Index - 1
eISSN - 2334-8577
pISSN - 0353-5738
DOI - 10.2298/fid1103027d
Subject(s) - contractualism , social contract , epistemology , political philosophy , dimension (graph theory) , philosophy , constructivism (international relations) , politics , sociology , law , political science , international relations , mathematics , pure mathematics
The author insists that, within contemporary theory, common division of social contract tradition on “Hobbesian” and “Kantian” line of thought is entirely justified. Analyzing the theories of David Gauthier and Thomas Scanlon, he also indicates the important difference between “moral” and “political” dimension of the idea of social contract. Finally, he rejects recent attempts of identifying contractualism with constructivism