/lit/ - Literature

>>21313551
ty anon

>>17385634
>>17387778
I think the point of the question is to highlight what is it that compels someone to not do evil. Per social contract, its only fear of retaliation or conditioning by people more powerful than you. If you had a ring of invisibility, you could wreak all your sinful wishes without reprimand assuming social contract was your only bind. With God upholding virtue, you are always under scrutiny, and always held to judgement in the end - good and evil gain meaning because it becomes effectively objective rather than a universal mind game.

You can think of God as being the greatest leviathan, who acts with perfect mercy and judgement, and is therefore the ultimate arbiter of good and evil.

What are some lesser known 20th century political theorists with non-mainstream non-lefty ideas?

I don't wanna hear anything about human rights and equality. Some books from obscure philosophers with some balls