Morality
Where does morality come from?
- leviathan makes the laws? (wrong = illegal) HobbesHobbes
Thomas Hobbes
Wrote [[Hobbes, Leviathan]]
Do people have the natural ability to be good? Hobbes -> no
- humans left to their own devices would be horrible; no innate goodness or morality
Hobbes wanted to bring order, and a king will bring more order than any democracy ([[MOC - Modern Philosophers#Hobbes vs Locke|Comparison w/ Locke]])
- trade in freedoms for the security of natural society
Hobbes was pretty universally despised
He identified common symptoms that people recognized... - emotions? (wrong = I feel bad)
- divinely illegal? (wrong = against God's laws; loosely, God is the leviathan)
I don't want to admit that God has authority over me and that I am fundamentally flawed. Philosophy is often a way to avoid these responsibilities.