Christie Rykowski November 30‚ 2014 Christianity and Cultures Plato’s Crito VS. John Locke Although John Locke and Socrates existed over a thousand years apart in time‚ they had very similar views on how societies are formed‚ societies duties to its’ people‚ and the role which religion should play in society. The key difference in their views are shown in the duty one owes to society. In this essay I will take you through the perspectives of both philosophers so we can understand how after so many
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Philosophers of the Enlightenment had numerous and often discordant ideas about government‚ the most notable being the contrasting social contract theories of John Locke and Thomas Hobbes. Locke believed that humans‚ in the state of nature‚ were a blank slate‚ enjoying complete equality‚ freedom‚ and independence. By surrendering some of these natural rights through a social contract‚ governments were created which would act for the benefit of the people and be controlled by the people. However‚
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The battle between Hobbes and Locke still continues today through their influence on governments and how they believed government should work. Hobbes believed in an absolute monarch where they were to demand obedience in order to maintain order. On the other hand‚ John Locke thought that a Democracy was a better form of government provided that they had the right information to make. This form of government allows the people to keep their natural rights rather than giving them up in exchange for
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dis a) The ideas of John Locke and Thomas Hobbes heavily influenced the thinking of the writers of the U.S. Constitution. Both believed in a social contract‚ that is‚ that government exists at the consent of the governed‚ but Locke believed that people would naturally come together to govern themselves‚ while Hobbes believed they needed a strong authority (monarch) to bring them together. As you research to learn more about what these two philosophers thought about politics‚ which of their two
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of Nature and Hobbes’ State of Nature were that they both had different outlooks on the meaning of State of War and on people’s reaction to and with government. Locke believed that State of Nature is not equivalent to State of War whereas Hobbes made it seem that a State of Nature isn’t a safe place. Hobbes descried a State of Nature to be more violent and a state that people should fear. Locke’s view was more neutral compared to Hobbes’ idea. From what I read‚ it seemed that Locke believed the State
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English philosophers Hobbes and Locke had different sets of ideas about government and people. Hobbes ideas are harsher‚ but reasonable while Locke’s ideas are moral and optimistic. As the movie‚ Lord of the flies exemplifies that even though Hobbes believed humans are born with passion and reason‚ Locke’s ideas would create a much more stable and functioning society because people have the right to life‚ liberty‚ property and to revolt against an abusive government. Locke believed that people have
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In today’s society the government is a combination of both Hobbes and Locke political views. The government merged the ideas of the two philosophers and took their best points. The government should not consist of total freedom but it also should not consist of total structure‚ there need to be a bit of both‚ a balance of both. During Locke’s argument he never factor in how the people were going deem what rights were justifiable and what right were unjust. With that being said anyone in the state
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Daniel Dwyer Mykytyn‚ N. January 11‚ 2013 HZT 4U1-01 John Locke’s Some Thoughts Concerning Education John Locke‚ famous sixteenth century philosopher and “Father of Classical Liberalism” wrote a work based on the human mind and learning methods entitled Some Thoughts Concerning Education. This work outlines Locke’s views on how the brain absorbs and remembers new ideas through a theory known as the “tabula rasa” or blank slate. This theory constitutes that humans are born with a blank
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state of nature and the state of war are not two separate concepts but the state of nature has the fundamental problem and civil government is the solution for the problems of the state of nature. After analyzing how Locke and Hobbes understand the state of nature it is evident that they share many ideas but they also show essential differences in their ideas. Hobbes regards the state of nature as a state of war‚ in which natural law is established only after a process of reasoning. This process
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Thomas Hobbes and John Locke both played a major part in philosophy during the 17th century. Their ideas set the groundwork for two of the most well-known political systems today. Absolutism‚ which was based off of the ideas of Hobbes was a political system in which all state/political authority and economic control rested in the hands of a king or queen. In this type of government‚ the sovereign had complete control of an entire empire and they were not accountable to anybody but God. The ethical
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