PHL265H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Thomas Hobbes, Wage Labour, Limited Government
1 Mar 2018
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Study of con ict and collective action problems in political science and economics. Morality and politics as systems of cooperation for mutual advantage (david gauthier) Evolutionary studies about the origin of human morality. This is about cooperation and collective action problems. Questions like: how can it ever be rational to be altruistic or to do something that isn"t in your immediate best interest. There must be some sense that it is bene cial to your genes to do so. Late 17th century england: locke: two treatises (1690) During this time there is a con ict between the balance of power from the monarchy and the parliament. The parliament saw itself as the representative of the people. There was a question as to the relationship between the church at the state. Does the country have to be uni ed amongst religious grounds. Hobbes thought difference in religions were dangerous to the state.
