CRM 1301 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1-2: Public Good, God Speaks
18 Apr 2016
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Saw man as in constant conlict, driven by passion and illed with unhappiness. Saw society as divided into interest groups that were in constant conlict with one another. [prince] should work with the masses and not the elites, as the elites will try to overtake power while masses seek only not to be oppressed. Believed all people were irraional beings and selish. People only had enough raionality to come together to form governments to selishly protect themselves. People then only agreed and obeyed with the government not because they believed in it, but because they feared being punished. Use raionality to derive the ideal society and true values. Freedom is a mode of power: power is given to us through sensaion as well as through relecion. The principle of freedom is located in thought. To be free is to think and act according to one"s own judgement.
