Political Science 2237E Lecture 9: Modern Sovereignty & the Social Contract

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Thomas hobbes: modern sovereignty & the social contract. Execution of king charles i in 1649. End of monarchy & founding of new republic in england. Want to will voluntary things to happen before it"ll take place. To say something, you need to have something you want to say. Study of psychology has to pre-see study of politics. Act based on calculation of pleasure & pain. When we do want to act, we don"t always have the knowledge that we need in order to get our desire. Act to fulfil a desire or to avoid something that is undesirable. Our life is a long list of desire from one thing to another. Everyone has something in common that they desire: power: only way we can ensure always achieving our desires. The power of a man is his means to obtain a future good.

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