Sovereignty
Is a sovereign is unlikely to plunder his own citizens, even though he has the absolute right to?
no.
Which type of regime is best and how can we know?
direct comparison of the advantages and disadvantages --- not appeals to authority, precedent, or myth, but scripture.
A kingdom is just a large family and a family a little kingdom (T/F)
True
How does poverty cause rebellion?
By creating resentment towards government re: hardships, especially in cases of uneven burdens
Liberty is doing whatever you want (T/H)
F (see pg. 111)
Can a citizen have a valid property claim against the sovereign?
No — no one has a right to property against the holder of sovereign power.
Tyranny arises when the ruler looks to their own interests rather than the common good (T/F)
False
Who does dominion belong to in the case of a child?
Depends. Mother in state of nature, over a newborn; a sovereign in cwth.
What are three seditious doctrines that sovereigns ought not permit?
1. knowledge of good and evil is a matter for individuals;
2. subjects sin in obeying their princes;
3. tyrannicide is permissible;
4. holders of sovereign power are subject to civil law
5. sovereign power ca be divided... etc.
Sov power is to the Cwth as the head is to the body
F; is as the soul is to the body
In what actions do sovereigns enjoy immunity?
All. no action is liable to punishment.
A disadvantage if monarchy is that the monarch is always rightly fearing his/her own death
False; see, sovereign power
Name the three ways in which someone can have dominion over another.
1. Submission by means of reciprocal agreement;
2. By being captured in war/defeated;
3. By generation
What is the diffeence between a people and a crowd and why is it relevant?
Acrowd can be set against commonwealth; whereas a people is singular
why is the doctrine "that faith and holiness... are always supernaturally infused" as politically dangerous?
It licenses anyone who claims private divine inspiration to defy or bypass civil authority/ override the sovereign's laws.
what happens if a sovereign orders a citizen to kill his own guilty father?
The citizen is not obliged to obey — Hobbes says a son may prefer to die rather than live in infamy, since others are available to carry out the sentence — though this doesn't diminish the sovereign's absolute right to punish refusal in general.
Name one reason large groups/assemblies aren't suited to deliberation.
1. they have to know about external affairs; very few possess this expertise
2. each ember makes speehes, risks bad eloquene
3. becomes breeding ground for faction
4. the deliberation may reveal secrets to enemies
What is another name for the commonwealth by nature?
A commonwealth by acquisition
What three-motions things (motions) explain the causes of sedition in Chapter XII?
Internal disposition (seditious doctrines themselves), external agent (ambitious men who exploit that disposition), and the action itself (faction).
What does Hobbes mean by the phrase "laws are silent among arms"?
in the state of nature, people live by plunder
What is an example of a "natural lottery" that occurs when determining succession?
the custom of eldest-son succession (primogeniture) when brothers are regarded as equal
Who is responsible in the Cwth if a law is made contrary to natural law?
The monarch/ruling authority.
Name two ways in which a slave can be freed from obligation of subjection.
1. Manumission;
2. Banishment;
3. Being newly captured;
4. Master dies with no successor;
5. Being deprived of liberty (in chains)
No. (see p.150, no. 15)
what is required for a "sin" in the broadest sense of the word — even without breaking any actual law?
Anything done, said, or willed against right reason — including purely imprudent actions,