PHIL101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Social Contract
8 Dec 2017
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Is done by saying we will respect everyone"s property. This outcome is similar to what hobbes describes, which is bad. Why don"t the poor go against this? (how does one enslave?) It is very difficult to reduce to obedience someone who does not seek to command, and the most adroit politician would not succeed in subjecting men who wanted merely to be free. We want more than our freedom, so we accept it in order to hope for that power. Because they hope to become the rich and have power. I k wot that enslaved people do nothing but boast of the peace and tranquility they enjoy in their chains and that they give the name peace" to the most miserable slavery. We do not understand or value freedom anymore- we would rather have security instead of freedom (hobbes) Rousseau says this is problematic and these are the possibilities; 3. have a revolution to obtain a new social contract.
