Hobbes life
Malmsbury England, April 5, 1588
is Hobbes' idea of a sovereign a good template for governments to have
no because it is extremely authoritarian
what is the most important thing that a human has to do while under the sovereign and in natural law
a human has a moral obligation to follow their promises no matter what
what were three of the jobs that Hobbes did for the Cavendish family
scientific collaborator, translator, political advisor, keeper of accounts, travelling companion, business advisor
how does the sovereign get people born in under the sovereign to agree to the social contract it puts in place
Hobbes argue that anyone that is born under the sovereign, has immediately agreed to its social contract and now has a moral obligation to follow its rules
does Thomas Hobbes believe that humans are mostly bad
Thomas Hobbes argued that people are self centered and will think about themselves first. he never says that humans are bad
how and when did Thomas Hobbes die
died of a stroke at the age on December 4 1679
what is the goal of the sovereign
to keep humans civil and away from the barbaric natural law
what is the authority that everyone is obligated to respect
the authority of their mothers
what are the names of the books in Thomas Hobbes's trilogy
De Cive, De Corpore and De Homine
how does the sovereign keep people following it's rules
the sovereign will use threats of punishment to dissuade people from breaking it's rules and it uses the social contract to keep ordinary citizens in line
what is the text talking about in the sample of leviathan
the text is talking about the state of natural law
what was the name of the future king that Hobbes tutored math for
Charles II
if a group of radical, fascist revolutionaries throw a coup and gain control of a previously liberal government, by Hobbes's philosophy, is this new governments ideologies still morally wrong? or are they now morally right?
when the new government takes control of the sovereign, it gains the full power of the sovereign, making whatever it says, morally right
if somebody threatens another person for their money, and the victim agrees to give it to them, is the victim morally obligated to give the robber the money
the victim is fully responsible for giving the robber their money because the victim had the freedom to disagree and then get killed