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'Conceptions of Truth', 'The Need for Roots' and 'Leviathan'
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25. Social Practice / B. Equalities / 1. Grounds of equality
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There is not enough difference between people for one to claim more benefit than another [Hobbes]
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Hobbes says people are roughly equal; Locke says there is no right to impose inequality [Hobbes, by Wolff,J]
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By making money the sole human measure, inequality has become universal [Weil]
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25. Social Practice / C. Rights / 1. Basis of Rights
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People have duties, and only have rights because of the obligations of others to them [Weil]
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25. Social Practice / C. Rights / 3. Alienating rights
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If we seek peace and defend ourselves, we must compromise on our rights [Hobbes]
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25. Social Practice / D. Justice / 2. The Law / c. Natural law
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We should obey the laws of nature, provided other people are also obeying them [Hobbes, by Wolff,J]
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25. Social Practice / D. Justice / 2. The Law / d. Legal positivism
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The legal positivism of Hobbes said law is just formal or procedural [Hobbes, by Jolley]
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25. Social Practice / D. Justice / 3. Punishment / a. Right to punish
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Punishment should only be for reform or deterrence [Hobbes]
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To punish people we must ourselves be innocent - but that undermines the desire to punish [Weil]
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25. Social Practice / E. Policies / 1. War / d. Non-combatants
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The soldier-civilian distinction should be abolished; every citizen is committed to a war [Weil]
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25. Social Practice / E. Policies / 2. Religion in Society
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If fear of unknown powers is legal it is religion, if it is illegal it is superstition [Hobbes]
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25. Social Practice / E. Policies / 5. Education / a. Aims of education
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Education is essentially motivation [Weil]
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