PHL265H1 Lecture Notes - Peach

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22 Sep 2012
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Hobbes shows that the differences between human and animals makes humans more conflicted. All humans are equal in power (social equality/intelligence) They are equally vulnerable to each other, nobody is so strong that a group couldn"t over power that person. Everyone poses the same physical threat to one another. People are equally intelligent in the sense that from your own perspective you think you are smart enough to achieve what you what. First source of conflict in a state of nature: competition. You pull forward to your own advantage but instead everyone becomes disadvantaged: eg. Second source of conflict in state of nature: glory. To honour someone is to treat them as powerful (large/small gifts) The worth of a man is measured by the price others place on him (how much power others gives your determines how much power you have) Third source of conflict in the state of nature: diffidence (fear)

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