POL 2108 Lecture 2: Étienne de la Boeite
11 Mar 2017
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Why should we defend liberty: b/c rule is artificial, unnatural, contrary to hobbes who believes natural condition is to obey. How does servitude become rooted: habituation, custom, acquiescence (reluctant acceptance without protest, situations where people are deceived into enslavement. The possibility of resistance: situations where people are deceived into enslavement. Secret of tyranny: networks of corruption and profit: situations where people are deceived into enslavement. Pol2108 | lecture 2: the discourse of voluntary servitude | january 18, 2017. Machiavelli vs. de la bo tie: both like classical heroism, shown through use of classical models (machiavelli uses them differently, similarities = no freedom under tyrants, position on the use of mercenaries, hatred for. Caesar, use of religious authority: thematic link: appreciation for republican liberty, homer cited @ beginning = says he does, argues against deviant regimes, necessity justifying obedience to one = hobbes says there is always a necessity.
