PHL265H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Absolute Monarchy
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Since everyone is free, it must be by the consent of all. Since it injures no one else, any group of people can form a civil society. Once everyone consents to form a civil society, the laws are approved by majority rule. Only consent of each person can give to rise to the authority of the government (consent of the governed) Express consent: oaths of citizenship pledges of allegiance, 2. Tacit consent: anyone who enters the territory and uses roads, does business with its citizens. Every property including land of a civil society is under jurisdiction of the government. Everyone who enjoys the property must accept the conditions that apply to such property. In enjoying any part of land one has consented to be under the jurisdiction of its government. There are inconveniences of the state of nature that makes the preservation of property di cult. No established- settled law - allows or biased in interpreting the natural law.
