Political Science 2237E Lecture Notes - Lecture 26: Civil Religion
19 Jan 2018
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Political theory: essay topics are available on owl, hobbes, the sovereign powers, executive, judicial, legislative, executive executes the laws. If one covenant is not kept, all of them are in danger. If everyone has different meanings, no contract is reliable. If you allow you power to weaken, you do not understand the role: the sovereign is the agathos, 2. Through example and the doctrine: doctrine, hobbes organized doctrines in parallel to the 10 commandments. Instead of being focused on god, they are focused on the sovereign: 1. Everyone must preserve and obey the sovereign: 2. People must love the form of government they have and not seek to change it: 3. Do not follow a fellow subject against the sovereign: 4. Never speak evil of the sovereign: 5. Should obey your parents: parents are the model of the sovereign, 6. Justice is preforming your covenants and abstaining from violence and lying: 7.
