Today we explore the penultimate ethical theory in this unit: contractarianism. Hank explains Hobbes’ state of nature, implicit and explicit contracts, as well as the Prisoner’s Dilemma, and the benefits, and costs, of violating contracts.
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This is so important in USA today. Everyone is so in defection right now that theres no safety anymore. 🤦🏻♂️
Citizenship is not an implicit contract but a territorial mob rule of the current 'leaders'. Tax paying is oppression, you are forced to pay up or be locked up in jail. As a reward you might get back a road or a glass of water but you are bullied in a shitty deal instead of an 'implicit contract'. Look how much tax you pay and what you get back for it, no one would ever make such a shitty deal rationally! That's why the state uses force to the people!
Good job
People are emotional rather than rational. Morality comes from God
question, using this thought how may a Contractarian respond to the argument that in America the system they are in does benefit them as much as they would be without one. Does this theory support rioting
The the part where he says 'and he was probably right' within the first minute. Now, by what form of logic does that make sense? Today's world has progressed to the point to where we are to engrained in our tech and most people know nothing about the natural world. Chaos would eminent. However, this again would be the result of our current world and would be temporary. When the last canned foods are either consumed or expired this would start to change. People like you teach to fear nature, when our job is to live along side it. We would see a tear down of our current world order and we would ascend back to nature. What has destroyed our world was the belief that we must be domesticated and codependent upon the government. I get you are teaching a topic, I am cool with that, but I have a problem with your statement where you said 'and he was probably right.' That could not be further from the truth.
This is kind of an extension of Kant's ideas about autonomy, at least superficially. We all have the autonomy to agree on rights and wrongs with others. To respect those rules you agreed to, is to respect the autonomy of others.
I agree with both of these ideas. Is there a contradiction?
What wuould Hobbe's point of view implicate in Bernard Williams scenario of the last video?
so does it solve the grounding problem of ethics, as we are rational so morality just arises?
Social [statement] Theory? Recollection…Theory.
About the contract; that we Americans dont have to consent to, but must obey. While immigrants have to consent, to become American's . We as american give our consent by not taking it away. That's what makes america different we are governed by the consent of the people.
If one would want to take his consent away whilst in trouble, that one is ignorant of the law. But if another would like to change the law before he got into trouble that is a different story and would be revolutionary for the ages to see. Just by denouncing his consent.
I like how they caption " sometimes you really want a mango smoothie"
Well, I agree that the utopia laid out by contractarianism, but it could never work. First of all, it doesn't seem to originate as naturally as contractarians would like, because we do have things like slavery and largely (though not entirely) getting rid of that did not exactly go as smooth as just realizing one day that we'd be better off with a social contract that included all humans. Second, we are not free to choose. We cannot refuse the contract. A lucky few may have their pick of contracts, but most people are thrust into the contract of the society they live in and even not making use of the benefits of the contract could not get them out of the obligations. And that's not even a complaint, that's just an unavoidable fact. We happen to share a world together so we have to be forced into a contract, but that does mean we are not free.
The way this theory defines morality is naive
Ugh why has my philosophy teacher made me watch this
You Imply ownership in this system.
"The land of do-as-you-please sounds great – until you realize that everyone else is also doing as they please. That’s when you find out that you have an abundance of freedom, but you do not have any security. The key to saving the world from chaos, Hobbes said, was a contract."
~ Crash Course Philosophy #37
FKG4 4 lajf bebi
…as im eating avocado toast
Mr. Harding sent me
hobbs is templar .
get to drink clean water? yea right, tell that to Flint, Michigan.
0:40 that is you learning this while playing GTA online or even Minecraft (you meaning the reader)
This form of morality has some issues as different contracts have different degrees of moral value. The contract which represented government of Nazi Germany with it's people is obviously a horrible form of morality so it's invalid, despite the fact if some people or even a majority of people perceived benefit (as per Hitler's strong support in the early days of his reign). So no one can be born into a system of government and absolutely be justified in being against it. Libertarianism all the way!
3:58 laughs in Flint Michigan
Nice to have it .
Thank you
bad video and bad ideas
Great Video ! Can we call Capitalism as contrarianism?
Superb… remember you and me are in the contract too..
Yeah… So i cant be forced on a contract unless it is the government, AIN'T THAT NICE?
The Purge movies series is a near perfect representation of Hobbes view of the "State of Nature" in man.