POL 2108 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Work Ethic, Civil Society, Psychological Egoism
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In hobbes" theory, the duties of the sovereign are to seek peace (he is also not bound to the covenant, but rather the recipient of the covenant) The state of nature is the distillation of experience, whereby law is gone. It can happen anywhere at any point in history anytime or location where the law collapses and the state of nature ensues. For locke, the protection of property is of utmost importance. Two major basic principles: all government is limited in it"s powers and exists only by the consent of the governed, all men are born free. For locke, the question of legitimate government is central to his theories. Locke: political power i take to be a right of making laws, with penalties of death and consequently all less penalties for the regulating and preserving of property [ ] all this only for the public good . Again: focus on the protection of property.