POL SCI 4 Chapter 4: PS4 Reading 02.07.2017
7 Feb 2017
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Family as first model of political societies (excluding the love of father for children) Duty of obedience owed only to legitimate powers. No men has natural authority over others and force bestows no rights; legit authority from covenants. Arbitrary gov becomes unarbitrary and legit if every new generation could accept or reject it. Men not natural enemies (not enough regular intercourse for peace or war) War only between states - individuals are enemies only as soldiers. Master and slave relationships is not like that between ruler and people. Law of majority rule implies previous unanimity (how people become a people) Social contract holds the solution to the problem of finding a form of association that defends each member while allowing man to remain as free as before. Articles of association (1) conditions same for all (2) no individual has rights to claim (3) all are equivalent. To ensure fidelity, constrained by people to obey the general.
