PHL100Y1 Study Guide - Final Guide: Teleology, Indulgence, John Rawls
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Answer either two questions from part i or one question from. [here you will have a choice of seven questions] [all questions in the exam will be taken from the following list, but not necessarily from each part] Hobbes: hobbes argues that the state results from a covenant or contract. That covenant gives specific powers to a sovereign. The act of giving up certain natural rights and transferring them to someone else, on the condition that everyone else involved in making the contract also simultaneously gives up their rights. People agreeing to the contract retain only those rights over others that they are content for everyone else to retain over them. This sovereign would be established by the people as part of the contract, endowed with the individual powers and wills of all, and authorized to punish anyone who breaks the covenant.
