[PHILOS 1B03] - Final Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (30 pages long)
28 Nov 2016
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When a person decides whether to act, he or she deliberates on the good or evil merits of the various options. Materialism- if something has to be real it has to be a matter or physical, a broad way of how. Hobbes thinks about political philosophy: describes human beings as attracted to things to tangible things, imposes and desires, we are complicated machines. Rights of nature- the liberty each person has to use her own power for the preservation of her own life (like self defence) Law of nature- a general rule, found out by reason =, which forbids a person to do anything destructive of her life, he thinks something problematic, human beings have the right to protect themselves. Commonwealth- a political community of subjects who have invested some of their rights into a leader or leaders who thus have control over them, in order to enjoy the bene ts of enduring peace.
