Re: Transitivity & Triadicity

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| Hobbes's preoccupation with the sources of human irrationality clashes rudely
| with the "rational actor" approach that many commentators project into his works.
| Despite a few memorable and citable passages, he does not conceive of man as an
| economic animal, engaging in preemptive strikes.  The pitiful and snarled mess
| which is the human mind cannot be painted with such a monochrome palette.
| To help us disentangle the complexities of Hobbes's position, I would
| suggest, at least provisionally, a tripartite scheme.  Human behavior
| is motored not by self-interest alone, but rather by 'passions',
| 'interests', and 'norms'.  (Stephen Holmes, p. xviii).
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| Stephen Holmes, "Introduction" to Thomas Hobbes, 'Behemoth, or The Long Parliament',
| Ferdinand Tönnies (ed.), Stephen Holmes (intro.), University of Chicago Press,
| Chicago, IL, 1990.

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