{"id":1074,"date":"2026-08-09T18:46:04","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:16:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/pyq\/comment-on-the-hobbesian-notion-of-political-obligation-in-150-upsc-psir-2017-1302\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T21:23:43","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T15:53:43","slug":"comment-on-the-hobbesian-notion-of-political-obligation-in-150-upsc-psir-2017-1302","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/comment-on-the-hobbesian-notion-of-political-obligation-in-150-upsc-psir-2017-1302\/","title":{"rendered":"Comment on the Hobbesian notion of Political Obligation in 150 words"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pq-flow\">\n<div class=\"pq-flow-h\">Flow snapshot <em>\u2014 how the answer moves<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p1\"><span>Intro routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 1<\/i> define obligation (duty to obey state\/law) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> stake: nearly unlimited, self-imposed to flee war of all against all<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> start from fear \/ state of nature <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> escape needs one final authority <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> obedience is the price of peace<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p2\"><span>Body flow<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p>covenant as ground <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Ebenstein<\/b>: sovereign is the creation, not a party; pact is among subjects <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> each authorises sovereign\u2019s acts as his own <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> disobedience contradicts one\u2019s own will <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> relapse into state of nature<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p3\"><span>Counter-view<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p>obligation not blind <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> holds only while sovereign protects life <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> self-preservation inalienable <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> no duty to obey a command of self-destruction<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p4\"><span>Conclusion routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 1<\/i> ground debated: <b class=\"pq-sc\">Taylor<\/b>\u2019s prudence vs <b class=\"pq-sc\">Warrender<\/b>\u2019s natural law <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> fear + consent + duty, yet bounded by right to live<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> obligation strong but conditional <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> protection is the real measure <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> individual never fully absorbed by Leviathan<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"pyq_year":[45],"pyq_marks":[38],"pyq_topic":[56],"pyq_paper":[33],"class_list":["post-1074","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-45","pyq_marks-10-marks","pyq_topic-western-political-thought","pyq_paper-paper-1"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1074","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/psir_pyq"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1074\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4668,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1074\/revisions\/4668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1074"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=1074"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=1074"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=1074"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=1074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}