Quotes Flashcards
There is nothing on earth to compare with him.
Thomas Hobbes, the leviathan
They are all part of one body but meron isang gumagawa ng decision
Thomas Hobbes, the leviathan
We give up our rights to govern ourselves in order for us to have peace; by doing so, we authorize them to govern us to avoid war
Thomas Hobbes, the leviathan
Power of state:
1. inalienable
2. indivisible
3. infallible
4. absolute
Thomas Hobbes, the leviathan
Where the law is silent, there is liberty
Thomas Hobbes, the leviathan
What is human nature and state of nature for John Locke?
Free, equal, independent, natural rights to property, rational but partial to themselves
State of freedom, equality, independence, inconvenience, war
Civil government is the proper remedy for the inconveniences of the state of nature… political power was legitimate only when it was used to pursue the goal for which it was created, the protection of private property
John Locke, Second Treatise of civil government
the right to revolt; There are two freedoms of men: enjoyment of the natural right to property and
John Locke, Second Treatise of civil government
Human nature for Rousseau
State of nature for rousseau
free, equal, independent, noble savage, rational
state of freedom, equality, independence, bliss and ignorance
Give the 6 compositions in rousseau
human nature
state of nature
civil society and the state
social contract
free state
freedoms of men
It is reason that engenders self-love and reflection that strengthens it; it is reason that makes him keep aloof from everything that can trouble or afflict him; it is philosophy that destroys his connection with other men; it is in consequence of her dictates that he mutters to himself at the sight of another distree
Rousseau, the social contract
The freedom then of man and liberty of acting according to his own will is grounded on having reason
Locke, second treatise of civil government
Series of accidents led to the founding of the present situation of man
Rousseau, the social contract
Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains. How has this change come about? I do not know. What can render it legitiamte?
Rousseau, the social contract
Free state of social contract
everyone directly participates in the making of the law
everyone must obey the law…
Rousseau, the social contract
force them to be free
Rousseau, the social contract
Domains of self-regarding
J.S. Mill, on Liberty
Progress demands that society permits as much freedom in action as possible; that principle is that the sole end for which mankind are warranted, individually or collectively, in interfering with the liberty of action of any of their number, is self-protection
J.S. Mill, on Liberty
That the only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others. His own good, either physical or moral, is not a sufficient warrant
J.S. Mill, on Liberty
Whatever is expedient for government to do
J.S. Mill, Principles of political economy and taxation (functions of government in general)
give three functions of government
Defense, enforcement of will and contracts, law on property
And thus in the state of nature one man comes by a power over another but yet no absolute or arbitrary power to use a criminal
John Locke, Second Treatise of civil government
Civil government is the proper remedy for the inconveniences of the state of nature
John Locke, Second Treatise of civil government
Whatsoever then he removes out of the state that the nature hath provided and left it in, he hath mixed his labour with, and joined to it something that is his own, thereby makes it his property
John Locke, Second Treatise of civil government
Where there is no law, there is no freedom
John Locke, Second Treatise of civil government
Men being by nature all free, equal, and independent, no one can be put out of this estate and subjected to the political power of another without his own consent
John Locke, Second Treatise of civil government
Power that every individual gave the society when he entered into it can never revert to the individuals again as long as the society lasts
John Locke, Second Treatise of civil government
strongest being always in the right
Rousseau, the social contract
the problem is to find a form of association which defend and protect with the whole common force the person and goods of each associate, and in which each, while uniting himself with all, may still obey himself alone, and remain as free as before
Rousseau, the social contract
Each of us puts his person and all his power in common under supreme direction of the general will, and, in our capacity, we receive each member as an indivisible part of the whole
Rousseau, the social contract
What man loses by social contract is his natural liberty; what he gains is civil liberty
Rousseau, the social contract
will of all and general will
Rousseau, the social contract
social compact sets up among citizens an equality of such a kind, that they all bind themselves to observe the same conditions and should therefore all enjoy the same rights.
Rousseau, the social contract
laws are only the conditions of civil association
Rousseau, the social contract
that men perform their convenants made
Hobbes, Leviathan
commonwealth, sovereign, monarchy
Hobbes, Leviathan
