PHIL 146 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Lady Justice
13 Sep 2016
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The civil war was in 1642-1651- fought between the forces of parliament. The state of nature at the time was a state of war. War, as is of every man, against every man . Hobbes gives us a vision of evil human nature. Life was solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short (6l) Only absolute power can end the chaos via the coercive force (remember justitia) Picture of monarch powering/ruling over city with sword- shown as the almighty power, and all the people forming his body- head of secular & political issues. Hobbes thinks that he can convince every civilian that they can form and embody the monarch. He would be completely against a revolution. Duties and rights in the state of nature. Notions of good and evil are relative (4l) to the person using them. We are mainly motivated by our own interests for our wellbeing.
