Thomas Hobbes and John Locke were both seventeenth century English thinkers and writers. Each had their own views the government’s role and human nature which were vastly different from one another. They expressed their ideas in their works‚ Hobbes’s Leviathan and Locke’s Two Treatises of Government. Thomas Hobbes published Leviathan in 1651‚ two years after the end of the English Civil War. In it‚ he supported an absolute monarchy and claimed that people had no qualms about compromising basic
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The state of nature according to Locke is “a state of perfect freedom to order their actions and dispose of their possessions and persons as they think fit... without asking leave or depending upon the will of any other man.” For Locke‚ the state of nature is where humans exist without an established government or social contract. In a since the state of nature is a state of anarchy‚ of no order. What John Locke believed about the state of nature was that if men could act in a positive way‚ they
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When researching the two philosophers Thomas Hobbes and John Locke‚ I have come to a realization that they are both correct considering people are themselves no matter. When looking at a majority though I tend to side with John Locke. People are genuinely more loving and helpful people when it comes down to the bare minimum. For example when there is a natural disaster people are typically more helpful than harmful. One of the most recent examples is the two hurricanes that hit the south-eastern
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Abstract According to John Locke‚ human rights are innate rights that are naturally inherent in every human being and can not be contested. John Locke explains that human rights is a natural right of the human being as a gift or a gift directly from God. Declaration on Human Rights 1948 had contribution in formed the commitment to respect and uphold the human dignity among the nation-state‚ in order to avoid the catastrophe of war that can destroy human values. However‚ the issue of politicization
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voice as they speak to them as an infant. Early learning as newborns to a year old is the foundation. John Locke believed that children are born with the ability to become anything or anyone they desire to become. They also have the ability to absorb anything being taught to them. I agree with Locke about the morals and values of a child. As the saying "garbage in‚ garbage out" implies Locke believed if a child watched and was taught immoral behavior they would follow the same pattern. Some children
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Thomas Hobbes was an absolute monarchist that believed human beings were organisms that were in constant motion‚ and needed to have some sort of authority or restraint‚ so they could be stopped from pursuing any selfish act. In contrast to John Locke were he believed in a democratic rule and constitutes that human nature was identified by reason and tolerance. The political ideology that Hobbes obtains is precise regarding the following points: people are naturally born with rights but must give
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Kristen Biduk 6949215 Instructor: Pierre Daigneault Teaching Assistant: Dennis Papadopoulos PHIL 265 / 2A Introduction to Metaphysics Critical Assessment Word Count: 1596 It is very difficult to attribute characteristics to a mind when we know it does not actually exist in the physical realm. Though‚ personal identity has been connected to the mind. However‚ it is tricky to determine what exactly comprises one’s personal identity. Although it is a difficult concept to grasp
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Although Locke states explicitly that God gave the world ‘to mankind in common‚’ he defends the right to private property on the grounds of autonomy‚ efficiency and individualism. Locke is neither a conservative nor a liberal in the sense that these words are defined in today’s world. According to Locke freedom and equality both come first. He believes that we are all free and equal by the state of nature. This law of nature tells us what not to do (don’t cheat‚ steal‚ murder); it marks the limits
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Since there were more discoveries in science‚ European thinkers such as Hobbes‚ Locke‚ and Wollstonecraft had huge impacts on the government and human life. They each had their separate ways of thinking and perusing things. Human life was obviously the problem and each of them had different perspectives on dealing with the issue. Thomas Hobbes was a political philosopher and believed that people were self-centered. He believed that everyone should be treated equal and that no one man is better
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In his Second Treatise on Law and Government‚ John Locke outlines clear and coherent standards for what constitutes a legitimate government and what persons one such government would have authority over. Both are determined by citizens’ acts of consenting to relinquish to the government part of their natural authority over their own conduct. Unfortunately‚ the situation becomes much less clear once we consider how his standards would apply to the political situation existing in the real world today
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