CRM 1301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Tabula Rasa, Civil Society, Social Animal
14 Sep 2017
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In the state of nature men mostly kept their promises and honored their obligations, and, though insecure, it was mostly peaceful, good, and pleasant. He quotes the american frontier and soldania as examples of people in the state of nature, where property rights and (for the most part) peace existed. Princes are in a state of nature with regard to each other. Rome and venice were in a state of nature shortly before they were officially founded. In any place where it is socially acceptable to oneself punish wrongdoings done against you, for example on the. American frontier, people are in a state of nature. Though such places and times are insecure, violent conflicts are often ended by the forcible imposition of a just peace on evil doers, and peace is normal. Humans know what is right and wrong, and are capable of knowing what is lawful and unlawful well enough to resolve conflicts.
