Leviathan: 2020
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Universidad Complutense de Madrid
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ISSN: 1575-1333
Year of publication: 2020
Volume: 22
Issue: 65
Pages: 32-51
Type: Article
More publications in: Revista española de control externo
Abstract
The main objective of our paper-essay consists of making a comparative analysis between two moments in history separated by 369 years and in exceptional or extreme circumstances in which it is proposed as a solution to resign explicitly or tacitly a part of the liberty, principle and inviolable right of all society. The first of these takes place in mid-17th century England, ravaged by a civil war (1642-1649) so bloody and of such magnitude that it led to the publication in 1651 of a work by the political philosopher Thomas Hobbes with the enigmatic tittle of LEVIATHAN. In it, after a deep, extensive and detailed analysis, the author proposes to resolve the situation by resigning part of the liberties of the citizens (subjects) in exchange for the protection offered by the Monarch or Parliament in a covenant or agreement. The second of the events, although worldwide, being an aggressive viral pandemic, we place it in today’s Spain (2020), considering to what extent the strategy adopted by the Government, the reaction of Public Health, and the scarce performance of scientists, have contributed to the fact we are one of the three leading countries in infections and number of deaths. But the most important think, and this is reflected in the Corollary, is the very serious and worrying problem that in the fight against the ravages of SARS-C0V-2, a democratic and advanced nation like ours resigns, as it was proposed and took place in 1651 in England, to a relevant part of its freedom
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