Philosophy 1020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Implied Consent
18 Dec 2015
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A man"s natural force consists only in the vigour of his limbs, and the firmness of his courage; which could never subject multitude s to the command of one. Nothing but their own consent, and their sense of the advantages resulting from peace and order, could have had that influence (para 4) But philosophers want to claim more, namely that, even at present, when it has attained full maturity [government] rests on no others foundation [than consent]. (para 6) [w]ould these reasoners look abroad into the world, they would meet with nothing that, in the least, corresponds to their ideas. (para 7) To which he then imagines the reply: it is tacit consent, in the present, that does the work. To which hume repelies: such an implied consent can only have place where a man imagines, that the matter depends on his choice. (para 23)
