Political Science 2237E Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Human Nature, Tabula Rasa
27 Dec 2018
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God lets us know our priorities via the laws of nature. We have to work to figure them out - expects us to apply reason to world. Reason can investigate the world and notice its regularity. Nature is regular, predictable, able to form into laws. Not by chance - proof god exists. God owns us so you don"t own yourself - no suicide or slavery. Duty to obey god because god"s way is right way. God will punish or reward our behaviour. Hell doesn"t exists - or exists for short period of time. Rush into actions that lead them here. We have to obey laws of nature. Demonstrable like geometry and we must work to figure them out. We must devote our life to figure out what god wants. Locke isn"t clear on laws of nature. Humans are so good that they don"t need a sovereign. Clear order - everything has a place.
