discourse on ’The Origins of Inequality’‚ Jean-Jacques Rousseau argues his conception of the natural state of mankind‚ and its subsequent corruption throughout the progress towards civil society. Whilst Rousseau’s idealism can be targeted as unrealistic‚ and his criticisms of the state potentially destabilising to certain societies‚ ultimately he makes a valid philosophical argument against tyranny which helps found republican political values. Rousseau depicts man in his natural state as innocent and
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Niccolo Machiavelli had two opinions on how one should lead their people. To be a leader‚ one must guide in the way they think is the best way to live. As humans‚ love and fear is something that surrounds us in our day to day life. Some‚ like Lao Tzu prefer to show love and to be loved‚ while some‚ like Niccolo Machiavelli‚ have the preference to be feared. To be loved means to be cherished‚ and that was Lao Tzu’s goal as a leader. To be feared means to be frightened‚ just like Niccolo Machiavelli was
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today to write a framework for governing a nation. What would be the influence of Hobbes and Locke today? Would the social contract be applied the same as in the 18th century‚ or would today’s leaders look at the writings of Hobbes and Locke differently? compare and discuss the philosophers Hobbes and Locke in a 500 word essay which is both attached to and copied into the assignment tool window Hobbes Thomas Hobbes was born in Wiltshire‚ England on 5 April 1588 | birth_place = some sources say
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Looking to the science of the day‚ Hobbes determined that there was no soul and attempted to describe human nature as pure mechanics. Human nature was therefore driven by the need to satisfy the physical demands of the body and based on basic passions in life. These are to satisfy physical appetites‚ to seek power to maintain their wealth and to be superior to others by seeking glory. Hobbes saw the state nature as “solitary‚ poor‚ nasty‚ brutish‚ and short." The state of nature is anarchy‚ with
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submission. A. Simone de Beauvoir‚ Introduction to the Second Sex B. Thomas Hobbes‚ Leviathan C. Charles W. Mills‚ The Racial Contract D. Plato‚ Apology of Socrates E. Jean-Jacques Rousseau‚ Discourse on the Origin of Inequality F. Martin Luther King Jr.‚ Letter from Birmingham Jail G. Plato‚ Republic H. Karl Marx‚ Estranged Labour I. Iris Young‚ Five Faces of Oppression J. Karl Marx‚ Estranged Labour K. Jean-Jacques Rousseau‚ Discourse
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PSA 4: Rousseau Q1 Response: How does Rousseau’s conception of the origin of political society compare with that of Locke? Rousseau felt that for personal freedom to thrive‚ there must be a new society governed by a social contract. The separate rights and wills of individuals‚ collectively‚ form the general will. The general will of the population is governed by a social contract. Each individual is entitled to freedom and is equal to his peers under the social contract. It is the government’s
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Freedom of speech Freedom of speech is the freedom to speak freely without censorship. The synonymous term freedom of expression is sometimes used to indicate not only freedom of verbal speech but any act of seeking‚ receiving and imparting information or ideas‚ regardless of the medium used. In practice‚ the right to freedom of speech is not absolute in any country and the right is commonly subject to limitations‚ such as on "hate speech". The right to freedom of speech is recognized as a human
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Discuss the nature of Machiavelli’s new political morality in relation to being a Prince. Niccolo Machiavelli was born on 3 May 1469 in Florence‚ Italy and at the age of twenty-nine he became a public servant in the service of his city. He was one of most pre-eminent political characters in Florence during the Renaissance although major recognition of his works came after his death. The Renaissance represented a period of changing social and technological evolution for Western civilization as
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Niccolo Machiavelli. Karl Marx’s Communist Manifesto illustrates the desire to eliminate economic classes‚ Locke’s Second Treatise of Government protests against unjust rulers by establishing natural rights‚ and Machiavelli’s The Prince is an elaborate guide for acquiring‚ maintaining and protecting a state. Unlike Machiavelli‚ Locke and Marx put their trust in human reason and rationale‚ and argue that citizens have a right to revolt if a government is not meeting their needs. Machiavelli‚ to contrast
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HOBBES: POLITICAL AUTHORITY Hobbes presents an argument for political authority that is radical for its time; it relies on individual consent as the foundation for legitimacy. But Hobbes wanted to ensure that placing the individual at the center of his theory would produce order and stability rather than disorder and chaos. How does Hobbes manage to bring his emphasis on individualism together with his desire for order or stability? Hobbes argument for political authority is indeed radical
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