Thomas Hobbes

Question 1

what is Hobbes famous book

Answer 1

leviathan

Question 2

where was he formally educated?

Answer 2

public schools and cambridge

Question 3

what family does he serve?

Answer 3

Cavendish Family

Question 4

is he republican or a royalist?

Answer 4

royalist

Question 5

what was going on during the year he was born?

Answer 5

spanish armada

Question 6

Alongside the Cavendish family who did he remain loyal to?

Answer 6

King Charles I

Question 7

Since remaining loyal to King Charles would be politically costly where did he go?

Answer 7

Leave England and go to France where he did most of his writings

Question 8

When was the English civil war

Answer 8

1642-1651

Question 9

What did the Long Parliament sought to establish?

Answer 9

more legislative sovereignty

Question 10

who did they force to sign an executive warrant for Thomas Wentworth for conspiracy?

Answer 10

Charles

Question 11

When did Charles try to strike back and what would happen?

Answer 11

1642
king would abuse power and arrest in Parliament

Question 12

Who would wage war?

Answer 12

Cromwell and Roundheads

Question 13

how many deaths in the English civil war?

Answer 13

200K

Question 14

3 main outcomes of English civil war?

Answer 14

trial and execution of King Charles I
exile of Charles II
establishment of Commonwealth

Question 15

What happened when the English tried republicanism?

Answer 15

it quickly turned to a military dictatorship

Question 16

When did Charles II reinstall as Monarch?

Answer 16

1660

Question 17

Social Contract Theory

Answer 17

people sign a contract to become a society

Question 18

What is Hobbes often referred to as?

Answer 18

Absolutist (one person holds all power)

Question 19

What is his political philosophy mainly rooted in?

Answer 19

FEAR
a ‘good’ tool towards motivation

Question 20

Does Hobbes support accountability mechanisms for sovereigns?

Answer 20

No
borne directly out of his experience as a Cavalier

Question 21

what were his 3 writings?

Answer 21

Elements of Law
De Cive
Leviathan

Question 22

Which of his writings was most influential?

Answer 22

leviathan

Question 23

how much liberty should we forgo for security?

Answer 23

we should let go of All our liberty
you need to give up all individual liberty and all individual freedom for the sake of having a stable society

Question 24

What view does Hobbes have of the world?

Answer 24

mechanistic view

Question 25

Mechanistic view

Answer 25

X causes Y and therefore everything is perfectly determined

Question 26

what is considered ‘good’ and what is ‘bad’?

Answer 26

its about our reactions, not inherent qualities

Question 27

what do we continually chase in the state of nature?

Answer 27

Happiness since it is not stable

Question 28

what is one of our only inherent qualities as humans?

Answer 28

desire

Question 29

what is the state of nature seen as?

Answer 29

constant state of warre

Question 30

3 causes of eternal conflict in state of nature

Answer 30

competition
pursuit of glory (reputation)
fear

Question 31

what does the state of nature not have?

Answer 31

political authority
moral rules

Question 32

what is less valued in the state of nature?

Answer 32

societal self-preservation

Question 33

how do we avoid descending into a State of Nature like world?

Answer 33

we unite power under a single leviathan

Question 34

How do we avoid conflict?

Answer 34

if everyone just obeys
giving all decision making power to one person

Question 35

What happens if men could rule themselves?

Answer 35

there would be no need for sovereign

Question 36

is it better to give up your right to all things for your right to certain things?

Answer 36

yes

Question 37

Are people evil or rational in the state of nature?

Answer 37

rational
they do whatever they need to preserve themselves