Political Science 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Wart, Thomas Hobbes, Thought Experiment
28 Sep 2015
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Political science 1020e lecture #3 -- why we need the state. Hobbesian themes: fear, war -- state of nature is a state of war, peace he is the theorist of peace as he says to seek peace". Human beings seek felicity: happiness/being successful and getting. In order to achieve felicity, we need power: ones present means to. It"s a source of power to seek reputation, you are. Even the strongest person has to sleep, and. Three reasons to attack: competition: attack for gain, glory: attack for reputation. Lack of trust: attack for safety: so in the natural state of mankind we would experience constant fear and danger of violent death. Morality in the state of nature: natural right of liberty, no injustice: The right to defend ourselves and the right to decide if someone else constitutes the threat which includes the right to one another"s bodies and there is no law without a law giver, so therefore nothing is unjust.
