Philosophical principles enshrined in the Royal Proclamation of 1973

Running head: ROYAL PROCLAMATION
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ROYAL PROCLAMATION 2
Philosophical principles enshrined in the Royal Proclamation of 1973
Introduction
Settling of the Aboriginal territory was full of disagreement between the participants,
however, what assisted the settlement was the Royal Proclamation. Royal Proclamation refers to
a document which gives out the guidelines on how Europeans could settle the Aboriginal land,
which today is referred to as North America according to Aldridge, (2015). The person who
issued the report was King George III in the year 1763 which declared that North America was a
British territory after they had won the seven years battle. In this assignment, it is going to
elaborate on philosophical principles from Thomas Hobbes’ that are enshrined in the 1763 Royal
Proclamation and focus on similar philosophical beliefs from other texts with the same message.
Thomas Hobbes’ principles
The famous philosopher Thomas Hobbes addresses the challenges in political and social
disorder. He elaborates various principles that go hand in hand with Royal Proclamation of 1763
according to Hobbes, (2016). One of the principles is human nature and ethics. The Royal
proclamation aimed at bringing the spirit of self-determination among the Europeans, that is why
it may be referred to as the Magana Carta of India. In Hobbes principles of human nature and
ethics, it illustrates that what determines the decision of human being is the situation they find
themselves into at any moment. In some cases, there is no political authority, and human beings
have to use a different approach in solving the stalemate.
Consequently, the challenge when there is no political authority, some people tend to
violate human rights which would have been in place if there was a standing authoritative body
in reference to Spragens, (2015). To get the most effective results, people need to separate

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politics from ethics which always come as a result of human nature. The concept of Royal
Proclamation existed when there was no apparent authority, and the guidelines were based on
character in reference to Foster, (2016). The second principle of Hobbes is the double intellectual
influence. In his Leviathan work, Hobbes illustrate these two forces as politics and religion. He
elaborates that people should not concentrate much on political leaders and forget God.
However, these two forces mainly conflict to some instances. In the Royal Proclamation, it
addressed the consent of being Godly whereby when two nations are disagreeing for a particular
territory when one takes the land the owner of the resources must be compensated all that exist in
the area according to Mann, (2017). Apart from the above issue, there is also the principle of
materialism. In this philosophy, it illustrates that the mind of human beings always focusses on
the material. For instance, before the European countries agreed on the Royal Proclamation,
British were viewing many territories as their own, they did everything to ensure they gained
more colonies. However, the coming of the Royal Proclamation brings out the criteria of
claiming a particular place as their territory. Sometimes the conflict could arise between the
colonizers as each of them claim that they were the first people to occupy the specific area. The
Royal Proclamation have addressed various issues about the materialist nature of different
countries.
Other philosophical principles enshrined in 1763 Royal Proclamation
Apart from the above thoughtful guides, other policies are included in the Royal
Proclamation. One of the things from the coursework that is enshrined in the Royal Proclamation
is the Aboriginal rights. The most obvious issue is the spirit of self-determination. Every nation
has the right to self-determination, and no one can dismiss the power of another in reference to
Watkins, (2017). The second issue is the reliability of human judgment. Human beings are