POSC 101 Lecture 19: Lecture #19- Hobbes- Part 3
22 Dec 2018
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Liberty peoplenot over the sovereign not the liberty of individual men that is important . Civil laws are bonds between the individual and the sovereign. Holding the commonwealth together chains over individual actions of regular. Sovereign still has power over life and death. The sovereign has still not acted in a unjust manner; it is. It is the liberty of the commonwealth. In act of submission contains our obligation and liberty there are rights that. Civil laws are what men are bound to observe if they live in a commonwealth. Law is a command none can make laws but the commonwealth. Sovereign is not the subject to the civil laws. Civil and natural laws are not different but different parts of the same whole. Law is created to limit natural liberty. For people to resist one another; law can never be against reason. The sovereign is the judgethere can be subordinate judges. There are infirmities in commonwealths may occur.
