POL S 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Sovereign People, Leviathan
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Your natural right is anything you can do to ensure survival. Government needs to make sure everyone gives up their natural rights. Natural rights are what put us all in danger. In order to get past natural rights, we should turn to natural law. Natural law comes in the fabric of the universe. Look inside of ourselves and we will come to the conclusion that we should give up our natural rights. To not put ourselves in danger and preserve peace. We cannot trust each other to hold onto the agreement of giving up our rights. We need some kind of power that forces everyone to hold onto the covenant. Need someone to be a judge and make decisions for us. It matters that some judgement gets made and there"s a deciding factor. Need some power to just settle things and just decide. Multitude has to be people who agree and come together.
