Pros And Cons Of Jean Jacques Rousseau

These are questions that have remained unanswered for a long time, for thousands of years now philosophers have debated whether humans are primarily good or primarily bad. Philosophers like Thomas Hobbes, who wrote the book titled Leviathan, where Hobbes (1651) argued that human life was solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short, in short Hobbes said human nature is basically a bad one. Jean-Jacques Rousseau also contributed to the debate through his book The Social Contract, Rousseau (1762) raises the argument that Man is a noble savage; Rousseau declared that Man is basically good. John Locke also had something to say about the nature of Man, he wrote his book An Essay Concerning Human Understanding where he raises his own views about the
We compare Sean to Julius who is a character in story The Hero in the book Coming of the Dry Season, Mungoshi (1972) shows Julius as a character that shows resistance and a lack of respect for the authority, Julius is impulsive, does not think before he acts, has pride and is short sighted, one would call him an outlaw. Sean and Julius are two very different characters; Julius displays his disrespect for authority when he confronts his headmaster on the poor diet at the school, the manner in which he addresses the problem displayed no respect for authority. He even got suspended from the school; he was considered a dangerous element in the school. But on the other hand there is Sean who displayed the outmost respect for authority, he was denied a chance to call his father and not allowed to go to his room after being told that his brother is missing in action. Sean did not show any resistance whatsoever, he did as he was told. The different responses to authority of these two characters show that our different experiences make us different, but that does not make either of the characters good or bad, it just shows that Man is who he is based on his