Political Science 2237E Lecture Notes - Aristocracy, Perfect Set

• School: Western University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: Political Science 2237E
• Professor: Douglas Long

Document Summary

The rights/powers of the sovereign (an artificial person ): 302-305. The greatest of human powers is the power if a common-wealth . The sovereign controls the signs of honour in a commonwealth, and therefore controls power in it-not only has power, but defines it. Not only does the sovereign have more power than anyone else, he decides who gets power (he is the source of power) The sovereign is a beneficiary of the covenant not a party to it>>the sovereign is not bound to or limited by it. There is no recourse to covenants made with god -these are a lye >>hobbes is after. Catholics on the grounds that they have sworn allegiance to the church>>hobbes believed you should believe in the mortal god, the sovereign. There can be no conditional or partial sovereignty-compare to locke. The law is organized power; as a subject, the law is my will.