休谟认为,社会起源于财产权规则的确定,政府起源于战争,政治权威建立在它所提供的公共利益的基础之上;政治义务的根据在于公民的服从行为对于维系政府之存续的必要性;政治义务以政府能否提供公共利益为条件,但不要轻易去反抗一个政府;政治权威的合法性有多种来源。休谟的思想在社会的起源、政治义务的根据和限度、政治合法性的基础和来源等问题上都存在着诸多混乱和值得质疑之处。 Hume believes that society originated from the determination of the rules of property rights, the government originated in the war, the political authority is based on the public interest it provides; the basis of the political obligation lies in the necessity of citizen’s obedience to the maintenance of the existence of the government; politics Obligation to the government can provide the public interest conditions, but do not easily resist a government; the legitimacy of political authority comes from a variety of sources. Hume’s thinking has many confusions and questions worthy of questioning on the origin of society, the basis and limits of its political obligations, the basis and source of political legitimacy.