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    Throughout history there have been many philosophers who have developed many different ideas and concepts. One important group is the classical liberal/social contract theorists who worked and developed their ideas during the 1600s. John Locke‚ Thomas Hobbes‚ Jean Jacques Rousseau‚ and Immanuel Kant were all critical contributors to the liberal ideas that have been the basis for many governmental actions since this time. These three philosophers agreed on many things‚ but also had many disagreements

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    ​Within the Leviathan‚ the author Thomas Hobbes makes distinct claims based off his view of humanity and man’s nature. By answering multiple questions along the way Hobbes depicts in his book the Leviathan that humanity needs an answer for their deceptive being. The only answer Hobbes finds to keep the peace is to instill absolute power. Thomas Hobbes’ distinct claims on Man’s Nature come in a package of five with a quickly followed definite answer that man needs a contract to adhere to. His means

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    The Modern Era of political philosophy is best characterized as a revolt against the traditional constraints of the time. Machiavelli believed that politics should be separate and distinct from ethics‚ morality‚ and religion. Protestant reformers such as Luther and Calvin went head to head with the Catholic Church‚ paving the way for religious individualism and incorporating various political revisions. Hobbes called for a major overhaul in England concerning not only political and religious issues

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    chapter‚ argue for a better form of government for Iraq than a democracy. 1.2 Show how European political thought provided the theoretical foundations of American government 1 Can socialism coexist with democracy? Is extensive economic freedom essential to democracy? Can the unequal economic outcomes of capitalism be considered “undemocratic”? In his 1651 Leviathan‚ Thomas Hobbes observed that without government‚ life would be “solitary‚ poor‚ nasty‚ brutish‚ and short.” Justify

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    Thomas Hobbes‚ a British philosopher also known as an egoist due to his belief of what he thought of humans. Hobbes has the belief‚ "that humans are selfish by nature and only come into some form of civil agreement because we fear what might happen to each other if we were free to indulge our selfish instincts." The meaning behind Hobbes State of Nature is stated‚ "If you take away that authority‚ then you take away all incentive to be good". In other words‚ Hobbes’ has the belief that we as people

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    Marx and Thomas Hobbes it forms those common elements which act as mans ‘means to life’ and mans eternal struggle with his own chains. For Marx‚ man’s own body‚ labour (or rather ‘life-activity’) and ‘spiritual essence’ form his human nature; a symbiosis which Marx calls “man’s inorganic body”. The products of a man’s labour according to Marx‚ are part of his bodily faculty and to remove these objects “estranges man’s own body from him” and corrupts his human nature. Conversely‚ Hobbes concerns himself

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    POLITICAL SCIENCE T.Y.B.A. 1. COURSE STRUCTURE & NOMENCLATURE BA Semester V : (GENERAL DEGREE) - 3 UNITS PS 5 : Public Administration PS 6 : International Relations PS 7 : Western Political Thinkers (Plato to John Locke) Skill Based Course (SBC) 1: Introduction to Political Reporting BA Semester VI : (GENERAL DEGREE) – 3 UNITS

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    ------------------------------------------------- DATE: September 2013 QUESTION 1 Marriage is a durable conjugal union between a man and a woman that serves good of children‚ the good of spouses‚ and the common good of society. Marriage is the grass root of a family (household‚ consisting of parents and children).Marriage is the foundation of a productive household in the following ways; * Individuals who are married have a greater drive to work as they are the providers for

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    Thomas Hobbes Thomas Hobbes was an english philosopher in the 17th century. He was born in a time were the church ruled. He was known for his book Leviathan and for his view on politics and social behavior. He said that having a government was a must for us humans because they set rules for us. If there weren’t ruled people would act according to what they like‚ what they want and that is often killing. This means that he believed we needed the government in order to not be in war. Thomas Hobbes

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    The English philosopher Thomas Hobbes supported the idea that a social contract is necessary in order for a moral society to be attainable. Hobbes argued that morality would be non-existent within ‘a state of nature’. This is a society that lives in the absence of a social contract or a superior authority; he then concluded that life of an individual in this society would be “solitary‚ poor‚ brutish and short”‚ inevitably‚ by having no one to enforce moral behaviour. Hobbes furthered his argument

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