Reference no: EM13102982

It makes no sense to say that someone has the right to do something unless there is corresponding obligation to permit that activity. To say that I have a right to free speech, for instance, means which others have obligation to permit me to speak freely, even if they disagree with what I say. Hence, if I admit that state has right to command, that state is legitimate authority, then I give up moral independence and permit myself to be guided by will of another. But this forfeit of moral authority is never legitimate, and this means that no state has legitimate authority over its citizens. We, not state, are rightful arbiters of what we ought to do. In paper, do following:

1. Drawing on readings and class discussions, describe how person holding Aristotle's ethi- cal and political theories could respond to above argument. With which parts of it, if any, would he or she disagree?

2. Distinguish Hobbes' theories with above argument as you did Aristotle's, again drawing on readings and class discussions. How might the person holding Hobbes' views respond to above argument? With which parts of it, if any, would he or she disagree?