Citizens of society can be defined in many ways from the political liberalist Aristotle to Rousseau the romantic and finally looking at empiricism by Locke. versions of citizenship we can decide what is a citizen. Aristotle explains what he believes is a citizen and how they can contribute to the society. Rousseau and Locke believe in free learning to develop the citizen and we are all equal. People think we should help children to become good citizens, but what is a good citizen. It is believed that a good citizen can be someone who helps tidy up or abides by the law but some of these theory’s challenging that into politic views and citizens as rulers of the community. There are usually three most prominent theories of citizenship that …show more content…
He is known for being an empiricism theorist or realist meaning he focused on what is observable. Locke believed that truths can only be based on data and everything else is nonsense and invariable. He like Rousseau believed children are born natural, or has Locke states a ‘tabula rasa’ a blank slate that was highly influenced by external outcomes. Locke agreed with Aristotle that the content in education has a big impact on the child. Locke’s version of education had main goals that should be taught these are moral training, followed by the knowledge of the correct social skills, the development of the child’s wisdom and finally how to use the useful knowledge that was learnt. Locke believed there is always good in someone no matter what bad things they may have one. He believed the government should support the people and give them rights of life liberty and freedom and also give the citizens of the nation the opportunity to overthrow the government if these rights where not met. Locke also explained that people in government do not have the right to force their wills onto the