Knowledge Themes
State of Nature
Social Contract
Natural Rights (Life
Liberty
Property)
Consent of the Governed
Absolute Sovereignty (Leviathan)
General Will
Popular Sovereignty
Right to Rebellion
Limited Government
Separation of Powers
Article 21 (Right to Life)
Preamble of the Indian Constitution
Human Nature (Egoism vs. Rationality)
Structural Subtopics
- Hobbesian view of human nature and psychological egoism
- The State of Nature as a state of war
- Concept of Leviathan and absolute sovereignty
- Lockean view of Tabula Rasa and human rationality
- Natural rights to life liberty and property
- Consent of the governed and popular sovereignty
- Right to revolution and resistance against tyranny
- Comparison of the social contract origins and purposes
- Role of reason in the Law of Nature
- Transition from state of nature to civil society
- Individualism vs collective authority in social contracts
- Implications for modern democratic governance and human rights
Study Material
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