PHL100Y1 Study Guide - Final Guide: Political Liberalism, Immanence, Jean-Paul Sartre
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Believes that the universe is uniquely composed of physical matter, hobbes rejects that immaterial substances can be conceived, all goings on in the universe are consequences of the interactions of matter even your apprehension in the world. Factual egalitarianism: we"re all more or less equal in our abilities. State of nature: an analytical device to examine the key ingredients relevant to political theory, namely, the self-interested behaviour of rational egoistic individuals, a state where there is no society, no structure, and every person fends for themselves. Was a materialist: each person has the liberty to use any means possible to preserve his or her life (basic right to self-defense) Natural law: precept or general rule, found out by reason, by which a man is forbidden to do that which is destructive of his life or taken away the means of preserving the same.
