Political Science 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Materialism, Rational Choice Theory, Morality
27 Sep 2017
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Peace > fundamental directive (the thing you should seek) Introspection (know thy self, understand your motivations) Materialism (everything that exists is matter in motion) Felicity (continuous success of getting what you want) Power (in order to achieve felicity you need power) Equality: no one is untouchable or invulnerable. Scarcity: what incentive of you have to produce. Powerful state is needed to avoid disastrous interpersonal con ict. Adaptation of galileo"s principle of motion (assume things will keep moving unless forced) Humans will always be searching for something, never at rest. State of nature = state of war. 3 possible meanings for attack in nature: competition (gain), lack of trust (safety), and glory (reputation) Natural right of liberty (right to do whatever they need to, to preserve themselves) No injustice (there is no lawgiver in a sate of nature so you cant break any laws) Right to nature": every man has a right to everything on another mans body.
