October 13 reading (Hobbes) Flashcards
Which of these objections does Hobbes address (in the selections we read)?
People will be vulnerable to whatever the sovereign wants to do to them.
By “anticipation” Hobbes means…
acting in order to eliminate a danger.
Hobbes writes: “It may seem strange, to some man that has not well weighed these things, that nature
should… render men apt to invade and destroy one another.” What is his reply to this?
We all really believe this already.
What is it that is “created through a covenant of every man with every other man,” according to
Hobbes?
The sovereign.
What if someone voted against the majority, when choosing the sovereign? Hobbes says that they…
must abide by that choice because they agreed to be part of the process.
Hobbes’s view is that when your sovereign does something…
it is in fact your action
