Hobbes and the morality beyond justice

Hobbes often wrote as if his particular contribution to political philosoph y was to make the requirements of justice precise and authoritative for bot h subjects and sovereigns. This makes it appear as if his theory of justice and his arguments from justice for mass obedience to the sovereign are the centrepiece of his political philosophy. I am going to suggest that this t heory is more limited in scope and application than Hobbes sometimes seems to claim it is. In order to function properly, his political philosophy req uires the support of a whole range of moral requirements beyond the require ments of justice.