POL113H5 Lecture 3: pol113 week 3
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Outlines of obedience- sept. 30th: leviathan, hobbes" view of humans and human nature:nature makes men physically and mentally equal (although men think that they are stronger/wiser than the rest) Life of man is solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short. : no unjust laws, no notions of right and wrong, no common power, no ownership. Law of nature is a command or general rule which forbids a man to do anything that is destructive to his life or takes away his means for preserving his life. First law of nature: seek peace and follow it, but if peace is not possible, preserve yourself by all means. Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor : must be demanded by the oppressed, mlk"s beliefs on laws, there are two kinds of laws just and unjust. Just laws must be obeyed, it is a moral responsibility: conversely, one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws.
