POLS 2000 Lecture 9: POLS 2000 Week 9 Lecture 1 (needs editing).docx

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 2000
• Professor: Frank Cameron

Document Summary

Lecture 9: hobbes and locke: social contract theorists, hobbes, locke, rousseau. Lived in england in 1640s - at this particular time england was mired in civil wars: (revolts and internal conflict) Republicans advocate rule of law and self governance by the people. Republicans favoured aristotle (they studied him in university - in university science was linked to philosophers (plato and aristotle). Aristotle was inspiration behind the republican army, whose ideas: supported the rule of law and self government. Breakdown of laws and authority - parallels his discussion of the state of nature. Put an end to century long religious conflicts. Now ruler chooses the particular religion of the state - no longer a holy roman: empire or universal religion. Provided for the concept of sovereignty (each nation responsible for own particular laws) Hobbes born in 1588, attends oxford at 14, father was a pastor, graduated and: worked for aristocratic family as tutor.