Political Science 2237E Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Entrust, Thomas Hobbes
31 Aug 2016
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Believes hobbes made a system that was unethical. Have fundamental rights (don"t need the sovereign to legtitimize them) Entitled to rights at birth - given these by god. Limited one though - trust = one party entrusted power over something to another (different than giving up ownership) Things stay yours but entrust another person to take care of them. Can reestablish the state by disolving the old state and creating a new one. This can happen if the state fails to uphold it"s side of the contract. Society + state = trade of goods and services. Rights (what are the fundamental rights locke identifies + why?) Natural rights - state cant do anything against our rights (this gives us freedom) Property (how do we acquire property + what constraints are there?)
