PHILOS 1B03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Hard Power, Henry David Thoreau, Soft Power
23 Sep 2017
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Social contract: do not direct quote something unless the phrasing is important, 7 times to hand in left. Social contract: unwritten, hypothetical, give up _____ for security, hobbes. Consent: agreement between multiple parties, no under coercion or duress. If you do not leave the society, you are consenting to their laws: example: government doesn"t ask for your approval on all laws, when visiting a country, you consent to there laws. Authority: they have the power to control others, command obedience. Power: power to influence = soft power, coercion = hard power. Legitamacy: consent to be governed, leviathan, by what right you control authority. Lose the rights in a state of nature. Nothing, as nothing is lost from the state of nature. Without this, we have no arts or trading. By everyone accepting this contract in the beginning. Majority, only do things for the good of the people.
