• Stovetop@lemmy.world
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      22 hours ago

      We don’t need to start from Hobbes

      Recommends Hobbes as a starting point

      I agree 100% but just had a bit of a giggle

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        22 hours ago

        lol. I realized that as I was writing that. But I went with it. Hobbes is a great starting point for people new to political philosophy.

        We just don’t need to start with him.

        I think John Rawls is a better starting place if we were to start a society from scratch. Just a bit harder for people less used to reading philosophical works.

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      21 hours ago

      Sure, but if simply keeping the roads safe was their only objective, they wouldn’t have things like quotas where they have to shake down a certain number of people for the sake of their budget.