TRN171Y1 Lecture 2: lecture 2
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The relationship between what is and what we can see around us and attempt to prove what is around us. The historical context of hobbes leviathan was during the english civil wars and he was a royalist who supported the king and advocated the restoration of monarchy. Locke: believes in rights of nature more than natural rights. All men are born equal in a state of nature. All men are equal despite physical differences. Equality is established by experience which leads everyone into the use of prudent. Every man believes no man is as wise as him. Justice and injustice in the case of transferring rights or renouncing them. Breaking of convent = injury / injustice / harm, (cid:498)evil consequence(cid:499) (cid:498)the social contract theory(cid:499) We are all born equal (cid:498)clean slate(cid:499) Our natural rights and duties, where they come from: