States of Nature and Social Contracts

Kevin Dooley is the Chair of the Department of Political Science and Sociology at Monmouth University where he teaches courses in political theory and international relations. He received his Ph.D. from Rutgers University and is the author of four books.

• Preface – Acknowledgements – Introduction – Thomas Hobbes: The State of Nature as a State of War; The Actor and the Authors – John Locke: The Fiduciary Trust – Jean-Jacques Rousseau: Breaking the Chains: The Noble Savage and the General Will – Immanuel Kant: Green Lenses, Objective Truth, and Perpetual Peace – John Rawls: The Veil of Ignorance – The Critiques: Conservatism, Feminism, and Critical Race Theory – Index.