HONR 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Venison, Human Condition, Unanimous Consent
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Purpose of the text: defending a liberal political ideology in the face of absolutism. Fiduciary: trusting (between people and legislature, and another relationship) Law of nature: preserve others when their preservation doesn"t conflict with your own. People will violate this, and every individual has the right to punish, but we go too far, so we give that power to a government through consent. Offered by god and enforced by every single individual. Private property: individual right to a thing. Each and every human being ought to have power. Theory of rightful origins and best form of government. Derived from state of nature, which is anarchic but not lawless (law of nature is offered by god as a command) State of nature dissolves all political relationships, so protection is though natural rights and obligations of humans (freedom, equality, etc) All men are naturally ina state of perfect freedom (locke, 2. 4). Natural right to liberty (fundamental, no consent required)
