PHL100Y1 Lecture : PHL lecture, jan. 12.doc
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Each person ought to abide by the agreement (i. e. the contract) so made (15. 1: these three laws sketch out how hobbes will get around the war of all against all in the sate of nature. If each person were to agree not to attack anyone else, on the condition that everyone else agree likewise, then we should all make that agreement. But since covenants without swords are but words there needs to be some sort of common power that can enforce the agreement (14. 8 and 15. 3-4) 5,5: since neither prisoner knows what the other will do, each has to reason, each reasons as follows: strategically to act in his own interests. No matter what the other prisoner does, i"m better off if i do confess and he doesn"t, i"ll get only one year. War: each person reasons as follows: no matter what the other person does,
