Reader's Companion to The Prince, Leviathan, and the Second Treatise

Machiavelli, Hobbes, and Locke each sought a new foundation for political order. This book serves as a reader''s companion to Machiavelli’s The Prince, Hobbes’s Leviathan, and Locke’s Second Treatise written for graduate students and scholars seeking a fuller understanding of these classic texts. How do these philosophers respond to perennial questions such as why anyone is ever obligated to obey ...