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Shipwreck Scenario
- Stephen West proposes a thought experiment: imagine being shipwrecked with the podcast audience.
- This scenario helps explore government's role and justification.
Questioning Government
- Being born into an existing government makes it easy to take it for granted.
- Questioning government's role requires imagining a world without it.
State of Nature
- Philosophers disagree on the "state of nature" without government, with Hobbes predicting constant war.
- This thought experiment demonstrates how a basic government can be beneficial.