Political Science 1020E Lecture Notes - Sea Monster, Thomas Hobbes, Thought Experiment
26 Sep 2012
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The right to command (exercise of power allege to be legitimate, legitimate. Worst scenario: no state protection. (worst thing we can imagine is life without. Introspection (own motivation forget about what we know think about yourself) Materialism: materialsist in a 20th century mechanist sense we are all just. A way of answering why do we need a state. Engage in a thought experiment (hypothetical life without a state) Life without the state and political power (hobbes disagreed with aristotle that we. State is the only thing that can contain it. Fear (born because his mother was afraid, fear and i born twins . War (left england because of civil war need to avoid especially civil war because. Peace: key idea the avoidance of having a war, main rule to preserve your life is. According to the preferred definition of politics from the last lecture politics,
