Star Wars | The Philosophy of Rebellion (Video Essay)
Автор: Cogito Creative
Загружено: 2017-05-01
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In this video I ask what the theoretical grounds for rebellion might be. On watching Star Wars, our intuitions are that the Sith's rebellion against the Republic was bad, whilst the rebellion against the Empire was good. I explore what makes us think these things, and whether our intuitions are right.
We'll look at the Political Philosophies of two Social Contract Theorists: Thomas Hobbes and John Locke.
Hobbes held that rebellion is never in our self interest (unless we've been condemned to death by the state already), whilst Locke held that rebellion has its place in politics when our lives are threatened.
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