protect their people’s rights and liberty and make sure that everyone is equal. However‚ there are different approaches as to how a society should be set up to protect those rights and ensure equality throughout the society. John Locke and Jean Jacques Rousseau both offer different approaches to how a government should be assembled. Locke’s central belief‚ in Second Treatise of Government‚ is that society is set up to protect an individual’s private property right. People enter into a social contract where
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Social Contract‚ or Principles of Political Right (1762) is an analysis of the contractual relationships which may be necessary for legitimate government‚ and is an explanation of how these relationships may combine principles of justice and utility. Rousseau argues that civil society is based on a contractual arrangement of rights and duties which applies equally to all people‚ whereby natural liberty is exchanged for civil liberty‚ and whereby natural rights are exchanged for legal rights. The terms
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In his "Discourse on the Origins of Inequality‚" Rousseau argues that the arts and sciences "which first civilized men‚ ruined humanity." The philosopher challenges Thomas Hobbes’ theory of the wicked nature of man‚ arguing that it is not man’s nature but society and the pleasantries of civilization that have weakened and demonized mankind: "It appears‚ at first view‚ that men in a state of nature‚ having no moral relations or determinate obligations to one another‚ could not be either good or bad
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Li Social Theory Inequality: for Economic growth utilizing (Class‚ Gender‚ Education‚ Race) The similarities found within the theorists articles are primarily based on inequality. Various authors explain how it is reproduced and used for incentives. How that ties into the economic growth that can increase productivity through competition. Some of those sub-levels used to create those inequalities are: class‚ gender‚ race and education. The differences in inequality when race is applied
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Inequality can be broadly defined as the difference in circumstance‚ most commonly referred to in a political context regarding social and financial disparity between the economic classes in society. This means that some inherently are more privileged than others‚ either through luck‚ inheritance or hard work. Inequality can either be viewed as systemic to human nature and ultimately helpful to keep society intact‚ as Edmund Burke argues in his work as shown in “The Portable Edmund Burke”‚ or can
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those thinkers were the philosophers Thomas Hobbes‚ John Locke‚ and Jean-Jacques Rousseau who all differ in the manner in which they view the ideal form of the state. Hobbes believed the power of the monarch should be absolute in order to maintain peace in the state‚ whereas Locke believed that government existed only to protect its people and to allow them to have right to life‚ liberty‚ and property‚ however‚ Rousseau believed in an individual freedom and direct democracy. This paper will further
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Paige Adams Philosophy 121 Individual & Society Dr. Mathis 11/8/2012 Mill vs. Rousseau Philosophers throughout the ages have had many well thought out and educated ideas and opinions about government and individuals place in society. Some are similar while others are conflicting‚ but all have a right to be analyzed to see which idea is the best in a situation. A qualifying example is the differences between Mill’s and Rousseau’s beliefs. Although‚ their ideas do appear to be similar
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.) Social inequality and stratification are universal phenomena. In what way or sense may they be engendered by or attributed to: a.Private ownership (Rousseau) - In the eighteenth century Jean-Jacques Rousseau argued that private property creates social inequality and that this inequality ultimately leads to social conflict. Rousseau takes a more realistic approach to private property‚ and recognizes the vast inequalities that it creates between human beings‚ arguing that the acquisition
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civilization in the Enlightenment period provided the foundation for well known works recognized today that have influenced the ideas of how society should be organized and governed. Through the philosophical works of John Locke and Jean-Jacqueus Rousseau‚ particularly Locke’s "Two Treatises of Government" and Rousseau’s "The Social Contract" influenced the principles embodied in the U.S. Constitution. One of the ways within the constitution that Locke’s ideas were translated into was in the First
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Inequality: Causes and Consequences Marcus Robinson Florida A& M University Inequality is the lack of equality‚ opportunity‚ treatment‚ or status. Inequality has been going on since World War II and began to rise in the mid 1970s. Many people in the world from the United States to the Caribbean have dealt with this problem. In this article it discusses the causes and consequences of inequality researches and examinations of sociologists and economists that go in depth of the social and
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