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Single Idea 19919
[filed under theme 25. Social Practice / C. Rights / 3. Alienating rights
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Full Idea
No one will give up his right to all things, and absolutely no one will keep his promises, except from fear of a greater ill or hope of a greater good.
Gist of Idea
People only give up their rights, and keep promises, if they hope for some greater good
Source
Baruch de Spinoza (Tractatus Theologico-Politicus [1670], 16.06)
Book Ref
Spinoza,Benedict de: 'Theological-Political Treatise', ed/tr. Israel,Jonathan [CUP 2007], p.198
A Reaction
I think Locke and Rousseau would agree with this. It is hard to imagine doing anything other than in hope of a greater good. But what to do when your hopes are disappointed?
The
15 ideas
with the same theme
[people's choice to give up some rights]:
2369
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If we seek peace and defend ourselves, we must compromise on our rights
[Hobbes]
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19918
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Forming a society meant following reason, and giving up dangerous appetites and mutual harm
[Spinoza]
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19919
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People only give up their rights, and keep promises, if they hope for some greater good
[Spinoza]
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19921
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Once you have given up your rights, there is no going back
[Spinoza]
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19925
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In democracy we don't abandon our rights, but transfer them to the majority of us
[Spinoza]
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19929
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Everyone who gives up their rights must fear the recipients of them
[Spinoza]
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19928
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No one, in giving up their power and right, ceases to be a human being
[Spinoza]
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19932
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The early Hebrews, following Moses, gave up their rights to God alone
[Spinoza]
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19873
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We all own our bodies, and the work we do is our own
[Locke]
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19884
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There is only a civil society if the members give up all of their natural executive rights
[Locke]
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19794
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If we all give up all of our rights together to the community, we will always support one another
[Rousseau]
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7241
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In society man loses natural liberty, but gains a right to civil liberty and property
[Rousseau]
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19806
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We alienate to society only what society needs - but society judges that, not us
[Rousseau]
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21084
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In the contract people lose their rights, but immediately regain them, in the new commonwealth
[Kant]
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21065
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You can't make a contract renouncing your right to make contracts!
[Kant]
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