CORE POLITICAL IDEAS

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Thomas Hobbes- Human nature
Cynical, individuals are selfish. Desire supremacy and security.
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Thomas Hobbes- The state
Arises contractually. Individuals seek order and security. State must be autocratic.
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Thomas Hobbes- Society
There can be no society until the creation of a state brings order. Life until then is 'Brutish, Nasty and short.'
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Thomas Hobbes- The economy
Constructive and enduring econmic activity is impossible without a state guarunteeing order and security.
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Edmund Burke- Human Nature
Sceptical. 'Crooked timber of humanity' is mak
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Arises contractually. Individuals seek order and security. State must be autocratic.

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Thomas Hobbes- The state

Card 3

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There can be no society until the creation of a state brings order. Life until then is 'Brutish, Nasty and short.'

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Card 4

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Constructive and enduring econmic activity is impossible without a state guarunteeing order and security.

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Card 5

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Sceptical. 'Crooked timber of humanity' is mak

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