It takes the average reader 3 hours and 59 minutes to read Thomas Hobbes and the Science of Moral Virtue by David Boonin-Vail
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In Leviathan Thomas Hobbes defines moral philosophy as 'the science of Virtue and Vice', yet few modern readers take this description seriously. Moreover, it is typically assumed that Hobbes' ethical views are unrelated to his views of science. Influential modern interpreters have portrayed Hobbes as either an amoralist, or a moral contractarian, or a rule egoist, or a divine command theorist. David Boonin-Vail challenges all these assumptions and presents a new, and very unorthodox, interpretation of Hobbes's ethics. He shows that Hobbes is best understood as embracing a theory of virtue...
Thomas Hobbes and the Science of Moral Virtue by David Boonin-Vail is 235 pages long, and a total of 59,925 words.
This makes it 79% the length of the average book. It also has 73% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 27 minutes to read Thomas Hobbes and the Science of Moral Virtue aloud.
Thomas Hobbes and the Science of Moral Virtue is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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