We are now going to move on to look at the political concepts of power and justice.

Using the same pdf as we used for Task 1, read pages 6-9.

Consider the following three questions and post your views in the comments below:

1. Thomas Hobbes wrote Leviathan during a period of significant social and political upheaval. Do you think that the context in which a political theorist is writing is important in shaping their views? If so, how do you think Hobbes was influenced by the English Civil War and the Thirty Years War?

2. What did Karl Marx assert was central to the understanding of power? Can this be said to be true today?

3. Thrasymachus defined justice as simply whatever the strongest in society claims it to be. How far do you agree with his view? Are there any examples that support his view of justice today?