Theory - Theory Flashcards
1
Q
Locke
A
Preservation, Free, Social Contract
LOUGHLIN: ‘relatively benign form of existence’
Liberty = free from any superior power on earth
Residual Rights
2
Q
Waldron –> Poole
A
What has God to do with it?
W - equality (character of our commitment
Not ‘all or nothing, fire and brimstone character’
3
Q
Hobbs
A
Jus Naturale v Lex Naturalis
Absolute Ruler
Competition, Diffidence, Glory
‘war of every man against every man’
‘solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short’
Alienation
Liberty = absence of external impediments
4
Q
Paine
A
‘A constitution is a thing antecedent to government and a government is only the creature of a constitution’
Natural and Civil Rights
Civil Power - aggregated
Gov - superstition, power, common interest
