SOC203H1 Lecture Notes - Moral Authority, French Revolution, Bourgeoisie
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Paper- speak to ta, need an argument, back it up, and don"t assume, critical analysis by weighing thinkers. There is a new theme starting and that is authority. There are many kinds of authority like religious authority. Moral authority- church is supposed to be upholding behavior in an institution and this is the type of authority we wont be looking at much. We will look at political authority, and authoritarian. The french revolution is an example of political authority like the erosion of the kings authority and rightness of rule is coming into question. Hobbes wrote the time in england during a time when kings sovereign were exposed and were living in a time of death and hobbes was grasping with this problem. He believed to live under a great sovereign than anarchy that has lack of security. He believes that if we do not give our freedom than we will not have an absolute security.
