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'Difference and Repetition', 'Proslogion' and 'Leviathan'
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11 ideas
23. Ethics / B. Contract Ethics / 1. Contractarianism
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A contract is a mutual transfer of rights [Hobbes]
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The person who performs first in a contract is said to 'merit' the return, and is owed it [Hobbes]
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8015
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Hobbes wants a contract to found morality, but shared values are needed to make a contract [MacIntyre on Hobbes]
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23. Ethics / B. Contract Ethics / 2. Golden Rule
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For Hobbes the Golden Rule concerns not doing things, whereas Jesus encourages active love [Hobbes, by Flanagan]
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23. Ethics / B. Contract Ethics / 3. Promise Keeping
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2374
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In the violent state of nature, the merest suspicion is enough to justify breaking a contract [Hobbes]
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23. Ethics / B. Contract Ethics / 4. Value of Authority
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Fear of sanctions is the only motive for acceptance of authority that Hobbes can think of [MacIntyre on Hobbes]
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2375
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Suspicion will not destroy a contract, if there is a common power to enforce it [Hobbes]
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23. Ethics / B. Contract Ethics / 5. Free Rider
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No one who admitted to not keeping contracts could ever be accepted as a citizen [Hobbes]
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2379
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If there is a good reason for breaking a contract, the same reason should have stopped the making of it [Hobbes]
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23. Ethics / B. Contract Ethics / 7. Prisoner's Dilemma
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The first performer in a contract is handing himself over to an enemy [Hobbes]
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23. Ethics / B. Contract Ethics / 8. Contract Strategies
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Someone who keeps all his contracts when others are breaking them is making himself a prey to others [Hobbes]
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