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15 Cards in this Set
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Royal Society of London
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created by Charles II---Newton and Boyle were members---Supported scientific community with money, resources, and other political ideas
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French Academy of Science
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Created by Louis XIV---Supported scientific community with money, resources, and other political ideas
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Natural Law
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Universal moral law understood through reason (you know killing someone isnt the right thing to do)
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Thomas Hobbes
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England Philosopher---thought absolute monarchy was best form of government---humans are naturally violent an ab. monarchy would keep order---
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Social Contract
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you give up some of your freedoms to live peacefully in society(Thomas Hobbes)
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"Leviathan"
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book that Thomas Hobbes wrote---said life was nasty and short without an absolute monarch(to keep things in order)
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Jean Jacques Rousseau
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wrote "The Social Contract"--- Hobbes and Locke borrowed from his ideas
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John Locke
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England Philosopher--- humans are basally moral/responsible--- Natural Rights
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Natural Rights
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Life, Liberty, and Property
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"Two Treatses Of Government"
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written by John Locke---ppl create government to protect natural rights, government works best with limited power, government works best when accepted by citizens, its pk to overthrow if government doesn't do these things
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Heresy
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Crime against the church
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Hugo Grotius
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International Code based on Natural Law
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William Penn
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Quaker from Pennsylvania
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Pacifism
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William Penn---opposition to violence to settle disputes
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Deism
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religion that was popular--- Belief in God, but thought organized religion was inherently corrupt
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