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- Title
Epikürosçu Adalet ve Sözleşme Kavramlarının Mahkûm İkilemi Açısından Tahlili.
- Authors
Günör, Recep Batu
- Abstract
Epicurus, one of the important thinkers of antiquity, has important thoughts about society and political philosophy, although he is generally associated with the idea of hedonism in the history of philosophy. This is because he developed his political philosophy in opposition to the views of important thinkers in antiquity such as Plato and Aristotle. Epicurus doubted the concept of justice, which was seen as a virtue in ancient philosophy, and claimed that justice is not a virtue in itself, but a means that serves people's benefits. At the same time, the thinker, who defends a benefit-based social contract, asked questions about the socialization of human beings and sought answers to these questions. The idea of social contract, which is mentioned with Thomas Hobbes, John Locke and Jean-Jacques Rousseau in the history of philosophy, is an answer to the question of why individuals come together and form a society and a state apparatus, based on the idea that the state is not a natural institution in general. Although Epicurus actually recommends staying away from society as much as possible, he emphasized the necessity of living in a community because of the longterm benefits. But an important question arises here: “When people's own interests and the rules of the social contract conflict, what is the force to stop them from obeying the rules of the contract?”. The prisoner’s dilemma theory can be used to help the thinker answer this question. Although emerging in the field of mathematics, the prisoner’s dilemma theory, which has recently been used especially in the field of social sciences, is a game theory that reveals the advantages of cooperating with people. The factor in the practical philosophy of Epicurus to enable people to abide by the rules of the social contract lies in the Epicurean understanding of the wise man.
- Subjects
HOBBES, Thomas, 1588-1679; ANCIENT philosophy; SOCIAL conflict; POLITICAL philosophy; SOCIAL norms; GAME theory; SOCIAL contract
- Publication
Electronic Turkish Studies, 2020, Vol 15, Issue 8, p3545
- ISSN
1308-2140
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.7827/TurkishStudies.47524