POLC71H3 Study Guide - Final Guide: Free Rider Problem, Moral Economy, Exclusion Crisis
26 Apr 2013
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In a contract obligations are exchanged at the same time. In social contract or a covenant, one person performs first and must trut the other party to perform in the future. Hobbes social contract is not a constitution. A social contract imposes no limits or obligations on the sovereign unlike a. Its more of an agreement or a deal constitution. Yes hobbes was opposed to the concept of a constitutional: Hobbes supported (advocated) for absolute monarchy over constitutional government. The sovereign should not be arbitrary; sovereign should promote equity, provide public goods (poor relief) and no one is obliged to sacrifice his own life. A ration man will choose to give up liberty for peace and prosperity: name three forces that hobbes thinks tend to weaken a commonwealth. Belief in divine inspiration rather than reason. Hobbes insists that it is irrational to free ride but that it is possible in a civil society: moral economy.
