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Hobbes 2 Flashcards

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Chapter 17

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  • Men are propelled by self-preservation and leaving war
  • Covenants with sov don’t mean anything
  • Leviathan is God on Earth
  • Power by acquisiton and institution
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Chapter 18

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  • Sovereign authority applies equally to all, regardless of whether or not one voted for him
  • Absolute
  • By being in a poli sci we have authorized the sov to be our rep
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Rebellion

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  • Chapter 18
  • Must be punsihed as we all gave sov ability to rule under the social contract
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Religion and Sovereign

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  • Chapter 18
  • Can’t defy sov on religious grounds because sov should be head of religion
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Covenant and Sovereign

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  • Chapter 18
  • Sov is above cov because he has absolute power
  • People still want sov even if he can abuse power because its better than SoN
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Chapter 19

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  • Monarchy, democracy, aristocracy
  • No good and bad distinction
  • Monarchy is best able to secure peace
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Monarchies and Peace

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  • Chapter 19
  • Even if citizens are unhappy peace is more likely to be sustained
  • Can choose advisors
  • Succession can be unstable
  • Hereditary is not ideal but does guarantee succession
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Chapter 20

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  • Conquest or institution commonwealth
  • No natural authority, men or women can rule
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Commonwealth Through Conquest

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  • Fear due to being conquered
  • Chapter 20
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Commonwealth Through Institution

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  • Fear leads to the realization we’d be better off with institutions to protect us
  • Chapter 20
  • Better than conquest
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Chapter 21

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  • Liberty of subjects
  • Freedom is not freewill
  • Will is just an expression of our desires
  • All actions are a product of aversions and desires
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Freewill

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  • Only exists at bodily level
  • We are entirely predictable, we have choice but it is predetermined
  • Discussions of freewill are dangerous, lead to belief that something else is involved in passion
  • Chapter 21
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Liberty

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  • Basic absence of implements
  • We have to accept laws etc. in a commonwealth
  • Can’t be forced to harm or be conscripted
  • Chapter 21
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Chapter 26

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  • Civil law
  • Natural law and civil law relationship
  • Sov can set any laws
  • Suggests metric by which sov should act
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Civil Law

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  • Sov is not subject to it
  • He must make it in accordance with natural law
  • Cannot rebel except for no harm or conscription
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Chapter 29

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  • Diseases that can kill or weaken a commonwealth
  • Weakness is the overarching issue
  • Public will have opinions about good and bad
  • Concienscous objection
  • Danger of accounts of religion with authority
  • People shouldn’t be fussy
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Public Opinion

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  • Opinions about good and bad will be used to judge
  • LoN being used by sov will stop above
  • Chapter 29
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Consciencous Objection

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  • Should only be one source of religious authority
  • E.g. Catholics who wouldn’t convert to Protestantism
  • Chapter 29
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Accounts of Religion

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  • Could mean reliance on others and trusting other opinions
  • God through natural law
  • Sov as only religious authority
  • Chapter 29
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Fussy About Property

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  • People should not be fussy about property they don’t pay taxes on
  • Equal taxation regardless of income
  • Chapter 29
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Chapter 30

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  • Distrusting of elites
  • Common person is receptive
  • Should orient to other states the same way as within the commonwealth
  • Critical of imperialism
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Receptive Populace

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  • Must be taught not to overly admire other states’ govs
  • Don’t allow them to outshine sov
  • Reinforce myth of state and enforce laws
  • Teach justice
  • Chapter 30
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Orienting to Other States

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  • Should orient same as within commonwealth
  • If all followed universal truth (natural law), all states would get along peacefully
  • Chapter 30
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Critique of Imperialism

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  • Commonwealth should not grow excessively
  • Makes itself vulnerable, indicated greed drives the state (not slay)
  • Chapter 30

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