POL 2108 Lecture Notes - Legislature, Civil Religion, Absolute Monarchy
14 Apr 2014
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Establish what constitutes political right: politics is not natural to human beings the only natural society is the family, all political associations are conventional (ch. Can fear establish legitimate fear and power over others: rousseau: no. Act of necessity, not of will: contracts based on force or fear are illegitimate. If force does not establish political authority, what does: r: conventions, ch. Locke vs. hobbes state of nature, but not of license; you have an obligation to preserve the rest of mankind. R state of perfect freedom, we can do whatever we want to do so: we"re not very sociable. But we"re not the nasty creatures described by hobbes. We don"t necessarily seek to abuse each other either. Thinks the state of nature is relatively peaceful: no principle of political right. General will is the basis of morality and political right. Were not naturally political, but we can be made political animals.
