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    explaining how the state of nature evolved into civil society when people began to rely on each other for resources‚ Rousseau concluded that the social contact that made civil society possible is more important that the individuals who created it. Although civil society created inequality‚ it also created freedom‚ morality‚ and rationality‚ which make people human. On the other hand‚ Locke explained that the state of nature evolved into civil society because people wanted to protect their property and

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    Questions – Locke and Rousseau Please answer the following True or False. Please support your answer. • For Rousseau‚ a family is a natural institution Answer: Does Rousseau make this claim? What claim does Rousseau make about a family? Critically evaluate Rousseau’s claim about a family. • To justify the existence of a state Rousseau used the slogan: Might is Right. What does Rousseau say about the relationship of a state and force? Critically evaluate Rousseau’s claim. • For Rousseau‚ a sovereign

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    John Locke John Locke set a basis that all people are “born with natural rights of life‚ liberty‚ and property.” He states that the only reason a state is established is to protect those rights. Locke saw people as basically good and humane; completely different than Thomas Hobbes view as man being “brutish and selfish.” He believed that the only way a law should be passed is if it was “designed for no other end ultimately‚ but…” for the good of the people under it. Another idea was that taxes

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    This paper explores‚ in three parts‚ Thomas Hobbes’ and John Locke’s competing conceptions of natural laws and rights‚ via Leviathan and Second Treatise of Government respectively. The arguments of both men follow a similar path: the establishment of the state of nature and laws and rights therein‚ the social contracting to eliminate undesirable aspects of such a state‚ and the detailing of explicit conditions that meet the desired end of peaceful society. Thus‚ the paper will be divided into three

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    John Locke and Thomas Hobbes‚ more Locke than Hobbes however‚ have been enormous influential political philosophers for the modern political thought and development of England and the Americas. The topic and phrase “state of nature” is used and discussed significantly throughout. The similarities are shown extensively‚ but there are many differing views of opinion as well. While they both discuss how the state of nature is dangerous‚ Hobbes is more pessimistic‚ where Locke‚ on the other hand

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    John Locke‚ Jean-Jacques Rousseau‚ and Thomas Hobbes were significant figures during the Enlightenment‚ a European intellectual movement of the late 17th and 18th centuries emphasizing reason and individualism rather than tradition. These philosophers agree on some points‚ however they contradict each other on other ideas. In today’s society‚ capital punishment is a very controversial topic. “Capital punishment‚ or the death penalty‚ is a legal sentence to die for criminal behavior”. The death penalty

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    Thomas Hobbes and John Locke both set out important arguments on the nature of government that continue to influence the way in which we think about the relationship between the governed and the government. Compare and contrast Hobbes’ and Locke’s arguments‚ with specific reference both to their reading of the “state of nature” and the kind of contract that each imagines to exist in the very concept of a governed community. Although each is making claims to a universal understanding of man‚ to what

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    What is common in LockeHobbes and Rousseau is state of nature. In the state of nature all people are equal – although they have different tallents they are equal‚ because having different tallents doesn’t prevent equality - and have same rights but in time they try to command each other and make domination upon them. Hobbes associate this desire with the effort to dispel the insecurity which is caused by equality between people. According to his opinion‚ if two people desire the same thing that

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    of Nature and Hobbes’ State of Nature were that they both had different outlooks on the meaning of State of War and on people’s reaction to and with government. Locke believed that State of Nature is not equivalent to State of War whereas Hobbes made it seem that a State of Nature isn’t a safe place. Hobbes descried a State of Nature to be more violent and a state that people should fear. Locke’s view was more neutral compared to Hobbes’ idea. From what I read‚ it seemed that Locke believed the State

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    English philosophers Hobbes and Locke had different sets of ideas about government and people. Hobbes ideas are harsher‚ but reasonable while Locke’s ideas are moral and optimistic. As the movie‚ Lord of the flies exemplifies that even though Hobbes believed humans are born with passion and reason‚ Locke’s ideas would create a much more stable and functioning society because people have the right to life‚ liberty‚ property and to revolt against an abusive government. Locke believed that people have

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