PP230- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 42 pages long!)

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Part i: alternative views on the basis for civil society: the hobbesian or realist view. September 11 although the us possessed great strength in military terms, it was not enough to deter an attack made with box cutters. International relations: his state of nature is intended to give an account of the basis of civil society in general: prior to establishment of civil society, state of humankind can be described as the. Nullification: heart of hobbes perspective is recognition we may be nullified by an enemy : saying no means you commit yourself to nullifying/eradicating possibility which has been claimed/offered. In active affirmation we have a drive to bring possibilities into being, in active negation we put possibilities out of being to make them as nothing (to nullify them) 1st drive is creative, 2nd is destructive. Interest defined in terms of power : without power, one cannot satisfy one"s interests .

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