POSC 101 Lecture 18: Hobbes- Lecture 18 (part 2)
22 Dec 2018
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Sovereigns has an equal interes to keep society safe and to keep their power checked. Uses religion from a secular standpoint to make people more apt to obedience, laws, peace, charity, and civil society . Christian salvation comes from religious faith and obedience to natural law. Takes offense to religion superseding secular authority. Hobbes was a christian- catholicism of france and protestantism of. Hobbes english civil war was between parliament and charles the first. More damaging than war was the church of england (more than one sovereign because church and parliament) Role of the church is to get people to behave, not to be incharge. Without reference to natural law- civil law is incomplete (source of justification) Civil law is a command of the sovereign. Every civil law must promote the public interest. Consent to the laws made by the sovereign. No law may supersede the purpose of the political contract.
