PHI 180 Lecture 6: The social contract
26 Apr 2019
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So, we agree to give up the former in order to ensure the latter. Life was solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short . If we"re enjoying the benefits of government, we are consenting to be governed. How would we check to see if a government is just? (how would we evaluate the moral justifiability of the laws of a government?) Universalize! (ask: would this set of laws be one we"d want everyone on earth to agree to?) The ideal contract you"d want with your government:
