POLC71H3 Lecture : March 15 Lecture - Rousseau
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How you feel about the police is directly related to how you feel about property. When wealth is concentrated in such a tiny group of people. We need to understand what humans are to understand inequality and if it"s justified: nature vs. Rousseau what hobbes did was take a look at people around him in society who are quarrelsome, argumentative, and put them both in state of nature. We can"t assume that what we see around us in society is what we are naturally (instead, they"re products of civilization!) We need to get back to nature: self-preservation and pity (sympathy) No complicated rational thoughts, doesn"t fear death but fears being harmed (pain) www. notesolution. com. Additional capacity to make choices (independent from instincts, immediate circumstances) The natural man is happy because he has simple needs and can provide for those needs (like children) People aren"t good or evil, no need to compete because nature provides.
