Monday, September 29, 2014
Hobbes and One Some and All
In Shapter XVIII Rights of the Sovereignty and how monarchy becomes the best government for anyone. Hobbes defends this pretty much straight out says this and gives alot of explanation in his statement. He says that everyone appreciates and prefers monarchy we just dont recognize or say it. We prefer this because it prevents a war of all against all. Another thing to consider is his significant connection to preservation saying that it is the most important thing to any human life. Saying the Sovereign furthur secures preservation, but in class we started to talk about how that ends when the king comes to kill you. I found a problem with this because Hobbes cannot simply say that this "contract" of preservation between the monarch and the people he rules ends so suddenly. I would say that there is a even larger loss of preservation when living under a monarchy. Hobbes takes this on to simply in my opinion, and just as plainly puts government into 3 forms. One, Some and All. I found this borderline offensive because of how important these governments can be and put them into three simple categories.
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