Initial Post Instructions Rather than living in chaos, danger and the hostility of our neighbors, we find ways to live t

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Initial Post Instructions Rather Than Living In Chaos Danger And The Hostility Of Our Neighbors We Find Ways To Live T 1 (29.57 KiB) Viewed 76 times

Initial Post Instructions Rather than living in chaos, danger and the hostility of our neighbors, we find ways to live together. It isn't easy, but can we avoid doing so? If everybody has self-interest in their own welfare and safety, then everybody also has self-interest in the welfare and safety of others. Sell-interest involves community interest, and we must think about what we are willing to give up in order to get that safety and stability for ourselves, our families, our community, our nation, and even the world. Thomas Hobbes and John Locke are just two examples of social contract moralists. Locke's philosophy helped Thomas Jefferson formulate the United States Declaration of Independence. We are interested in what it means to live together in an orderly way under a social contract Initiat Post Instructions For the initial post, address one of the following sets of questions • What is a time when you or someone you know of experienced a conflict between duty to self and loyalty to the community? What would logical reasoning say should be done in that case? Why that? What would an Ethical Egoist say to do? Why would they say to do that? Note what you feel is the best course of action