POL 2108 Lecture Notes - Pragmatism
11 Mar 2014
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Pol 2108 a - modern political thought i - guy c t - 19 mar. David humes (cont"d: he says you can"t explain anything simply by reasoning. Therefore, the state of nature does not exist, as it cannot simply be explained by reasoning: there was always a society, a social organization. People did not ever live alone: he thinks sexual desire is what brings people together. It"s not rational, it"s an experience: the cornerstone of society is also family, to create one due to sexual desire. The woman and man work together to keep the family together, to find shelter and food, have offspring, etc: he sees the relationship between the parents and offspring in the same light as the government and its people. They teach them how to move on in life, and they don"t abuse their authority b/c they love their kids.
