PP110 Lecture Notes - Thomas Hobbes, Robert Nozick, Study Guide
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Disclaimer: this list does not necessarily exhaust the material for which you are responsible. The state has absolute power over its citizens, that is power cannot be legitimately challenged by the citizens. Profound influence on the farmer"s of the us declaration of independence and constitution. Hobbes thinks we are all equal in the state of nature in virtue of the relative equality of power among agents. Locke thinks we are equal in the state of nature in virtue of our common origin in god. Each of us articulates the good for him/herself. Government therefore must remain neutral on the question of what constitutes a good life. Conservative equality: there is a single correct theory of the good. The state should actively encourage its citizens to follow it. Key difference, the way each understands the notion of equality . The concept of the right of revolution was also taken up by john locke in two treatises of --- --
