To Join Together against a Common Enemy: The Purpose of Indignation in Hobbes’s Leviathan

• In Event: At the Cornerstone of Modernity: Machiavelli & Hobbes

Brief Overview

This paper argues that there is a salutary role for indignation in a Hobbesian commonwealth, wherein indignation helps to defend against threats to civil security.

Author

• Ivy Flessen, Duke University