Hobbes vs. Locke Many philosophers‚ such as John Locke and Thomas Hobbes‚ have discussed over the years if he human race is naturally good or evil. People than choice their side of the argument‚ one side believing that humans have a basically good nature that is corrupted by society‚ while the other side believes that humans have a bad nature that is kept in check by society. As John Locke believes that the human race is good‚ it is reasonable to accept as true because we are born neutral‚ with free
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Thomas Hobbes observed the events of the Civil Wars and Glorious Revolution and spoke on the nature of man. He believed that man‚ as a rule‚ was self-involved and apt to be cruel‚ so a strong central government was necessary to reign in man’s true natures of desire
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condition and nature in mind” as he advised men equality and independence. (pg 107) Locke defined the state of nature‚ as a position of coexisting in harmony where political power was neutral. Unlike Hobbes‚ Locke did not define the “state of nature” with war as war did not hold up natural law. Hobbes believed human beings were “powerful maximizers‚”‚ for survival‚ Locke believes that humans act with reason within the state of nature.
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Locke and Hobbes were both social contract theorists‚ and both natural law theorists (Natural law in the sense of Saint Thomas Aquinas‚ not Natural law in the sense of Newton)‚ but there the resemblance ends. All other natural law theorists assumed that man was by nature a social animal. Hobbes assumed otherwise‚ thus his conclusions are strikingly different from those of other natural law theorists. In addition to his unconventional conclusions about natural law‚ Hobbes was fairly infamous for
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Throughout history there have been many philosophers who have developed many different ideas and concepts. One important group is the classical liberal/social contract theorists who worked and developed their ideas during the 1600s. John Locke‚ Thomas Hobbes‚ Jean Jacques Rousseau‚ and Immanuel Kant were all critical contributors to the liberal ideas that have been the basis for many governmental actions since this time. These three philosophers agreed on many things‚ but also had many disagreements leading
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are Answer Selected Answer: vivid recall for earlier events associated with extreme emotions Correct Answer: all of the above Question 3 2.5 out of 2.5 points B. F. Skinner is associated with positive reinforcement‚ shaping‚ and cumulative records. Answer Selected Answer: True Correct Answer: True Question 4 2.5 out of 2.5 points Organic amnesia is when memory fades with the passage of time. Answer Selected Answer: False Correct Answer: False
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Unlike Hobbes‚ Locke thinks that people are all made equally. Government certainly should be fair to people. People should have rights and freedoms‚ the government is just ruining all the natural rights people have. John Locke argues‚“nothing was made by
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John Locke‚ Jean-Jacques Rousseau‚ and Thomas Hobbes were significant figures during the Enlightenment‚ a European intellectual movement of the late 17th and 18th centuries emphasizing reason and individualism rather than tradition. These philosophers agree on some points‚ however they contradict each other on other ideas. In today’s society‚ capital punishment is a very controversial topic. “Capital punishment‚ or the death penalty‚ is a legal sentence to die for criminal behavior”. The death penalty
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