POL200Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Thomas Hobbes, Natural Abundance, Robert Filmer
20 Sep 2017
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Hobbes in the social contract, language and also when resistance to government is necessary (in hobbes there is no such thing), he argues for limited government not absolute government. He also uses similar language to hobbes: hobbes says that there is no right to rebellion. Individuals that done trust themselves won"t put faith in one person to look after all of their self interests. James the ii was a catholic and wanted to reestablish the absolutist views of the crown this is hwy the civil war happened. James the ii had to flee the hostile environment and they brought in ______. In the book he wrote he argued for ____. He was the premier __ of the monarchy: the first paragraph in chapter 1 sums up his opinion: one there is no mention of adam to govern. He says that filmer is wrong: the basis of legidimate government is not a gift from god.
