POLS 237 Lecture : Political authority
12 Oct 2012
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As a result, they have authority to assert power, as long as they fulfill moral obligations: since children do not possess reason, or a will of their own, they cannot have their freedom limited. Instead, parents will replace the child"s will and will replace the child"s capacity to be free until they can develop themselves: laws, or social rules, or rules that come from parents, don"t limit freedom, unlike. Hobbes" view: political authority has the right to create laws that also come with penalties, the end of political power is the common good .
