PHL100Y1 Final: Exam Study Guide - Key Terms
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Social institutions are the product of voluntary agreement among free individuals, It explains why people are morally obligated at all and what they are obligated to do. A hypothetical theory, it shows that rational being are act in way that only benefits themselves. How people behave in society without laws or social authority. Results in a war against all when scarcity exists. Reasoning why the war against all would occur because everyone is going for the same thing, and because everyone is equal everyone can achieve the same goals creating competition. Everyone has the liberty to use any means possible to preserve his/her life. In a war of all against all, a rational person should try achieve: Each person has to reason strategically to act in his own interest. Hume argues that each person would choose the decision in their best interest and get the dominant outcome.
