PAPM 1000 Lecture 2: PAPMNOTESWeek2September22.docx

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Public Affairs and Policy Management
• Course: PAPM 1000
• Professor: Marc Hanvelt

Document Summary

They are literally paying for their labour, and thus whatever the outcome is, is the property of the person who has payed. State of nature portrays what political authority can amount to. Amounts to the power individuals have to enforce the law of nature vesting those powers into political authority. If we measured our own interest with others, we aren"t the best judges in our own cases. One has to give consent to be part of a society. We"re consenting to be governed by majority. Argues that there aren"t historical examples of consent to be in a society. We don"t remember or births as countries don"t remember theirs. When it comes to political establishment paternal authority is common. Its only ever for the common good to choose the strongest person to lead. Rulers eventually begin to tax as a way of enriching themselves. Children are born as subjects of society.