Abstract
Thomas Hobbes is usually interpreted as offering an account of human action equating rationality to short-term pursuit of immediate gratification that makes him a paradigmatic proponent of an instrumental view of politics. This article demonstrates that Hobbes's complete theory of action is far more complex. In his full view, rationality includes evaluation of alternative goals. Understood properly, Hobbes provides the first liberal argument for autonomous rational action.
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