What are we willing to sacrifice to feel safe? @wearecognitive https://t.co/H8meheoGCq— Nigel Warburton (@philosophybites) March 27, 2020
‘As Hobbes knew, to exercise political rule is to have the power of life and death over citizens. The only reason we would possibly give anyone that power is because we believe it is the price we pay for our collective safety.’ David Runciman https://t.co/XiK2DK5RKF— Nigel Warburton (@philosophybites) March 27, 2020
sounds a lot like communism to me...
ReplyDeleteOr fascism. A police state, in any case. Not the social contract John Locke favored.
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