Abstract
Interpretations of Hobbes's Moral may be divided into three interpretative readings: Egoistic Reading (ER), Naturalist Reading (NR), and Individualist or Voluntarist Reading (VR). In this paper, I will argue in favor of a fourth interpretation understood as an agreement (AR). I will argue that only this version satisfies Self Preservation Hobbes' principle and also brings an answer to the question: Who protects the initial covenant that gave rise to the State whether by this time there is not supreme power and it is in a state of nature when is not rational to comply with the covenants? I will support the idea of an operating moral in a state of nature attenuated that leads to the initial pact which founds the Civil State.
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