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Analyze the views of Thomas Hobbes and John Locke on human nature and explain how these views influenced their ideas about the proper role of government.
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Le-Go!!
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John Locke?
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Optimistic about human perfectibility.
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State of Nature
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-condition of man w/ out government
-determines a philosopher's purpose of government -people are co-op, not competitive |
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Natural Rights
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-inherent by people
-God given rights -for rational beings |
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Natural Law
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-Universal, inalienable, and unchanging
-the fair, just, natural way of runnning political and social realms -discovered by reason -natural rights=part of natural law -forms base of government and authority -natural law dictates all humans are equal |
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Human Nature
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Essay Concerning Human Understanding
-first european work on cognition -explains the human mind and its operations |
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Tabula Rossa
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-Blank slate/eraser board
-Human mind enters the world with no preformed ideas -sensations fill empty mind and create sense of order and rationality -ideas derive from sensation alone -human mind=empirical because all human thought and passion comes from sensations -all people fundamentally are equal and have the same capabilities--none are more moral or smarter at birth -inequality=unnatural result of poor environment -good and bad behavior= product of the environment which people emulate what they experience in their environment and change the environment to change people which has responsibility of education to write good on the slat of every member of society |
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Government
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-based on natural law which says humans are fundamentally equal or inequality is unnatural
-Social Contract is implied agreement by which people come together to form a government and humans want to preserve equality and independence and resolve disputes=enter into a social contract -Natural rights should be enhanced when entering into a social contract and absolute power is unnatural b/c it violates this |
