CHY4U1-02 3/28/2014 Compare and contrast Hobbes and Locke’s view on the nature of man. Why do you think they came to the conclusions that they did? “Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is.”― Albert Camus. Back in the renaissance period many theorist‚ philosophers and brilliant men had their own view on the “nature of man”; Thomas Hobbes and John Locke were some of them. They were both brilliant men who had their own opposite views of men and the nature of men with the government. The first
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Thomas Hobbes attempted to justify the existence of a state by describing what life would be like without one in his book Leviathan. The central argument in the book describes the conditions that would exist in a state of nature—at a time where there would be no organized government or no laws to influence human behavior. Throughout the book Hobbes attempts to justify his claims about what a state of nature would be like with arguments that are false when examined closely. According to Hobbes‚ life
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Hobbes’ right of nature states that no individual should be expected to follow the rules of those in control if that means that person is not obligated to put themselves in a state of harm or to give up their right for something or somebody else (115). Moreover‚ for an individual to give up their right to something takes away from their own independence‚ therefore‚ they do not necessarily have to commit to a task or a promise if that puts them into a state in which they are giving up their own right
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Marx’s theory of human nature: alienation Marx’s conception of human nature is most dramatically put forward in the excerpts from the Economic Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844 that I have assigned to you. But this work is very difficult and obscure. I have tried to select those passages that are most straightforward. But‚ as you will see‚ they are by no means very clear. Let me give you some guidelines for reading them. These passages talk about four kinds of human alienation or estrangement: (1)
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I agree with Hobbes point of view because I believe human nature is naturally “evil”‚ he states “Civil society is the application of force by the state to uphold contracts and so forth.” He’s saying‚ without the social contract that people are morally obligated to withhold‚ we would follow our human nature to simply do as we please. The definition of human nature is “The general psychological characteristics‚ feelings‚ and behavioral traits of humankind‚ shared by all humans.” Hobbs had a negative
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PART TWO - ESSAY (1) Dworkin’s “third conception of the law” called Law as Integrity is based in part on the assumption that there is a single author of the law. The community personifies expressing a coherent conception of justice and fairness. According to law as integrity‚ propositions of law are true if they figure in or follow from the principles of justice‚ fairness‚ ad procedural due process that provide the best constructive interpretation of the community’s legal practice. Furthermore
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The seemingly simple concept of representation has a number of conflicting interpretations‚ resulting in a multitude of opinions on exactly what representation should look like. These clashing conceptions hold representatives to fundamentally different expectations. Edmund Burke‚ for example‚ maintains that a good representative should listen to his constituents‚ but rely mainly on his own judgment in pursuit of the common good‚ which can sometimes be at odds with the opinions of constituents. In
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Conception Conception is the process of becoming pregnant. Most women ovulate each month this is when an egg is released by the ovaries. For women with a 28-day menstrual cycle‚ ovulation typically occurs on day 14. During intercourse the man will ejaculate and sperm will be passed from the testicles via the penis into the woman’s vagina. If a sperm meets the egg‚ fertilisation may occur. During a male ejaculation‚ there are anywhere between 60 million and 500 million sperm that have a
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Within the Leviathan‚ the author Thomas Hobbes makes distinct claims based off his view of humanity and man’s nature. By answering multiple questions along the way Hobbes depicts in his book the Leviathan that humanity needs an answer for their deceptive being. The only answer Hobbes finds to keep the peace is to instill absolute power. Thomas Hobbes’ distinct claims on Man’s Nature come in a package of five with a quickly followed definite answer that man needs a contract to adhere to. His means
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Pico della Mirandola was a humanist who wrote the Oration on the Dignity of Man‚ which commemorates human nature. In his book‚ Oration on the Dignity of Man‚ Pico argues that human beings are free to become whatever they choose. Pico believed that the source of human freedom is God. Humans were placed by God in the middle of the chain of being. They are “neither of heavenly nor of earthly stuff‚ neither mortal nor immortal‚” and humans are free to choose the place they want to be on the chain of
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