Thomas Hobbes and John Locke will be explored to compare their goals for the ideal sate. Hobbes and Locke were significant political philosophers‚ predominantly in the 17th Century‚ most importantly for being natural law and social contract theorists. Hobbes and Locke both vary in their approaches as Hobbes is labelled a pessimist‚ while Locke is considered an optimist‚ influencing how they perceive the idea state to look like. The social contract theory was addressed by Hobbes first then Locke later
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Hobbes vs. Locke Thomas Hobbes and John Locke were known as Social Contract Theorists‚ and Natural Law Theorists. The two men both had very strong views on freedom and how a country should be governed. Thomas Hobbes had more of a Pessimistic view while John locke had more of an Optimistic view. Hobbes and Locke believed in a type of Social Contract between the Government and being governed. Hobbes believed in Absolute Monarchs and Locke believed in the will of people being governed. Hobbes opposed
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Enlightenment‚ freedom‚ and Political rights: creating a “just” society Hobbes: “life is nasty‚ brutish‚ and short...” Pessimistic about humans fear of anarchy--bad for economics Ultimate power with strong ruler “Leviathan” John Locke: “Wherever law ends‚ tyranny begins.” Rights: “life‚ liberty‚ and property...” optimistic about humans IF equality and tolerance.... ultimate power with people Thomas Hobbe’s In Leviathan‚ Thomas Hobbe’s argued that ordinary people were incapable of
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Hobbes vs. Locke: Political Theories Both Hobbes and Locke shared similarities within their political theories; however their theories also had some major differences. Both men were responding to the crisis of the 17th century and they were highly influenced by the scientific revolution. Hobbes and Locke rejected all previous theories regarding human nature. They used the same methodology‚ and the men accepted an atomistic view of society. They believed that individuals were rational and were motivated
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political philosopher and social contract theorists of all time‚ John Locke and Thomas Hobbes both used ‘The State of Nature’ as a medium in order to understand the basic human nature and natural human rights in their writings. Both‚ then used their own understanding of the human nature in order to determine and justify the ideal form of government‚ its role and its powers. However‚ Locke and Hobbes reach markedly different conclusions. Hobbes argues that every man should concede all of his natural rights
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that was John Locke. Government should be run how John Locke argues because‚ the government should be fair‚ run where people have rights and freedoms‚ and provide equality for all. People should be able to control their lives and have a say on
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Rousseau believed that human nature is good but eventually they get brainwashed and become evil but Hobbes thinks otherwise. Hobbes states that humans are evil by nature and we need some sort of power in order to be controlled and be civilized. Rousseau thought that humans are born into the world with good intentions. He said there was a point when no one had property and we were happy. Eventually the human race began to grow‚ starting a chain of conflicts. Hobbes thought that by nature‚ we are very
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John Locke (1632-1704) and Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) are among the most prominent influential thinkers of the enlightenment era. Both Locke and Rousseau argued that we gain civil rights in return for respecting the rights of others and by doing so‚ we gave up our natural rights. In this paper‚ I will argue how an agreement among members to start a social contract was driven by fear and the desire to change the world for self-interest. Social contract theory‚ is the view that a persons’
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When it comes to talk about theories of property the two authors of literacy John Locke and Jean-Jacques Rousseau are one of the most knowledgeable writers about this topic. John Locke was an English philosopher‚ and in western history he became one of the most important political thinkers. On his book The Second Treatise of Government and A Letter Concerning Toleration is where we know Locke knew about the understanding of property and theories in which he introduced to us‚ so we were able to form
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Hobbes and Rousseau were two philosophers that shared very different opinions when centred on the idea of human nature and what humans desired out of life in terms of social conduct. To put it simply‚ Hobbes believed that humans were born with the innate desire to perform violent acts upon their fellow human beings. In stark contrast‚ Rousseau was of the viewpoint that humans were born to be largely peaceful and compassionate
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