# Political Philosophy — Deck 06

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Category: Philosophy
Slides: 14
Updated: 2026-05-15T22:19:03.114Z
Tags: philosophy, political

## Summary

Why obey? Why this government, and not another? Who owns the world? Six answers across four centuries — and the standing arguments, still in print, against each. Key sections include: The State & Its Critics HOBBES · LOCKE · ROUSSEAU · MARX · RAWLS · NOZICK; The State of Nature; Hobbes — Leviathan, 1651; Locke — Two Treatises, 1689; Rousseau — The Social Contract, 1762; Marx — Capital, 1867; Rawls vs. Nozick; The Wilt Chamberlain Argument; The Crowd; Other Voices.

## Slide Outline

1. The State & Its Critics HOBBES · LOCKE · ROUSSEAU · MARX · RAWLS · NOZICK
2. The State of Nature
3. Hobbes — Leviathan, 1651
4. Locke — Two Treatises, 1689
5. Rousseau — The Social Contract, 1762
6. Marx — Capital, 1867
7. Rawls vs. Nozick
8. The Wilt Chamberlain Argument
9. The Crowd
10. Other Voices
11. Key Works
12. Why It Still Matters
13. Go Deeper
14. Colophon

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