PHIL 003 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Absolute Monarchy, Polymath, Glaucon
17 Oct 2018
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Plato: yes because being moral (or just) is desirable both for its own sake because it is the virtue of the soul, which is the very thing by which we live, and for its consequences. Hobbes: being moral is desirable because it leads to good consequences. Namely, morality takes us out of the state of nature (aninamalistic/survival of the fittest) and fosters long and comfortable lives. Born and educated in england, spent more than a decade in exile in france (1640- Polymath: philosopher, historian, translator, scientist (optics), mathematician. Equal in ability and allowed for women to rule his countries in his theories. Asterisk because not consistent in these views. Accused of atheism for his unorthodox religious views. Supported absolutism but allowed for citizens to abandon rulers who no longer protect them. This idea led him to go back to england from france. Work or political, ethical, and religious philosophy.
