Sentence examples for command theory from inspiring English sources

Insofar as this was Hobbes's view, it was because he was an adherent of the command theory of law already discussed.

First, with regard to the development of the command theory of law, philosophers such as Hugo Grotius (1583 1645), Francisco Suárez (1548 1617), and Samuel, baron von Pufendorf (1632 94), developed theories of what persons must be like in order to be capable of imposing and subjecting themselves to law.

We will return to the rebirth of divine command theory at the end of this entry.

Again, there is a strong dose of divine command theory in Ockham's ethics.

Still, there are strong grounds for denying that the Mohists hold a divine command theory.

Given his divine command theory of ethical rightness, it thus appears that such behavior will be morally as well as epistemically peccable.

Power-conferring rules are central features of legal systems, and command theories, Hart contended, cannot explain them.

Hart criticized the command theories of law associated with John Austin and Bentham because of their failure to make sense of all those familiar instances of laws that confer legal powers on individuals rather than commanding them to abstain from particular conduct on pain of punishment.

The revival of divine command theories (DCT) of moral obligation is due mainly to the work of Philip Quinn (1979/1978) and Robert Adams (1999).

Here, we consider a hidden precision cost, analogous to the cost of motor commands in optimal control theory.

Among the most-influential philosophers of law from the early modern period was Thomas Hobbes (1588 1679), whose theory of law was a novel amalgam of themes from both the natural-law and command-theory traditions.