Rational actor model: Thomas Hobbes Flashcards
1
Q
Emphasized that…
A
it is the exercise of human free will that is the fundamental basis of legitimate social contract.
2
Q
Fear and punishment..
A
can ensure compliance, but only if entry into the contract and the promise to comply with it has been freely willed, given and subsequently broken.
3
Q
His view of humanity was…
A
negative
4
Q
Social institutions will…
A
enforce social contracts and laws
5
Q
“War against all”
A
In a state of nature, people would be engaged in a “war against all”.
6
Q
People must…
A
subject themselves to the power of an absolute ruler or institution- a leviathan- which, as a result of political contract, would be legitimately empowered to enforce the contracts that subjects make between themselves.
