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    (2005). New York: Pearson Prentice Hall pg. 56:‚ n.d. Web. 22 May 2013. <http://www.sofia.edu/about/carl_jung.php>. Uzgalis‚ William. "John Locke (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)." Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. N.p.‚ 2 Sept. 2001. Web. 22 May 2013. <http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/locke/#SocConThe>. Sproule‚ Wayne. "Personal Identity; Political Philosophy." Philosophy in action. Markham‚ Ont.: Fitzhenry & Whiteside‚ 2003

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    Despite his rejection of philosophy‚ Jean-Jaques Rousseau was a pivotal new thinker during the period of Enlightenment. He strayed from the extreme positive and negative views of Hobbes and Locke‚ introducing a new perspective on the concept of the state of nature. The philosophy of how humans act in their most natural state was a common topic‚ but Rousseau’s take‚ theorizing that humans are born evil but corrupted by society‚ offered what seemed to be the most realistic belief. His opinions on

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    explaining how society originates as well as the presumed relationships between its members‚ how they incur responsibilities and their rights. Early proponents of the social contract theory include; - Socrates - Thomas Hobbes - John Locke - Jean-Jacques Rousseau - John Rawls - David Gauthier SOCRATES’ ARGUMENT The theory of social contract began being argued at least as early in intellectual history by Plato. In a dialogue‚ Crito‚ Socrates argues as to why he must stay in prison and accept death

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    As an environmentalist‚ John Locke believed that the human mind‚ from birth‚ was a tabula rasa‚ a blank slate. He refuted innate ideas such as mathematic certainties and religious beliefs‚ and instead‚ theorized that as a child‚ all reason and knowledge developed from social surroundings. Locke’s theory is depicted in the film‚ “My Kid Could Paint That‚” starring 4-year-old Marla Olmstead and her progression in painting. Viewing Marla throughout her story‚ Locke’s “social surrounding” theory unfolds

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    “Devil in Me‚ The.” Ira Glass. This American Life. Chicago Public Radio. 7 Sept. 2007. Hobbes‚ Thomas. “Excerpts from Leviathan.” Enduring Questions for an Intercultural World. Ed. Barbara Rolleston. Berea‚ OH: Baldwin-Wallace College‚ 2006. 40-47 LockeJohn. “’Of the State of Nature’ from Two Treatises of Government.” Enduring Questions for an Intercultural World. Ed. Barbara Rolleston. Berea‚ OH: Baldwin-Wallace College‚ 2006. 48-52. Lustwig‚ Myron W. and Koester‚ Jolene. Intercultural Competence:

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    from this. John Locke‚ perhaps the most influential of the natural rights philosophers‚ thought that human nature was generally good and reasonable. However‚ he recognized that people are also very self-interested‚ so those citizens who had an advantage would try and take away the rights of the weak. The weak could then band together against the stronger citizens‚ and there would be chaos without laws. This part of human nature makes it necessary to have a government. Locke felt that the best

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    really would be awful without it. Initially‚ Hobbes believed that in a state of nature‚ all men would turn ‘nasty and brutish’ and life would turn into a never-ending cycle of crime and war as there would be no one there to stop us. On the contrary‚ Locke believed that man would be content in a state of nature‚ that life would be the opposite of awful and we would act morally towards each other due to the social contract. Thirdly‚ Rousseau thought that if we ever found ourselves in a state of nature

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    discipline and explore the development of the science of psychology during the 19th century. There were several philosophers that historically relate to the beginnings psychology as a formal discipline. John Locke‚ George Berkeley‚ David Hume and John Stuart Mill are just a few to mention. John Locke made a distinction between simple and complex. “Simple ideas resulted from experiencing basic sensory qualities such as yellow‚ white‚ heat and so on‚ and from making simple reflections such as “pleasant

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    machine and the mind could have a direct influence on it. John Locke followed Descartes in 1632. He wanted to take epistemology‚ the study of human knowledge and obtaining it‚ to a more experimental based group of discipline. Locke spurned the idea of innate ideas‚ only “faculties”. Some ideas appeared so early in life that they used to believe they were innate but Locke declared that all of our knowledge was derived from experiences. Locke stated that the mind was like a white sheet of paper‚ blank

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    gland that sent messages from the mind/spirit to the body. Descartes died at just before his 54th birthday in 1650. There were several philosophers that historically relate to the beginnings psychology as a formal discipline. John Locke‚ George Berkeley‚ David Hume and John Stuart Mill are just a few to mention. Each philosopher contributed an aspect to psychology

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