Politics affect most of our everyday activities. This could be through the use of the enforcement of laws or to raising money through taxes to help pay for roads. The actions of the government, whether they are good or bad leave there mark on their society. The social contract theory attempts to explain why people give up certain freedoms and form different types of organized governments. Under the social contract theory, many people would give up rights that they held that they enjoyed under a State of Nature but ultimately gave some of the freedoms up to protect what is in their best interest. The men of Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau were heavily influenced by this theory and each one had their own view of the social
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One area of disagreement was how each other viewed the state of nature. John Locke that people in a state of nature, people would work together to overcome and defeat nature. John Locke believed that people needed each other to perform certain tasks like hunting or building shelters to survive. Unlike Thomas Hobbes, who thought humans would be the problem to society, John Locke believed that nature itself would cause problems. An example of this would be farming. Humans had to plant their crops and had to work to get that crop to grow. At the end of the process, humans would gain the nutritional benefits of the crop and this was known as Locke’s labor theory of value. John Locke considered this a “necessary evil” since humans were forced to do this to survive. Because of this the act of labor, is not a reward but John Locke believed it was a punishment for the actions of Adam and Eve in the Bible. However, since the labor was produced on private property, John Locke believed God’s reward for the labor was the right to private property.
Since, John Locke believed in individual rights, he rejected the idea of a monarchy. He instead supported the idea of a democracy. John Locke wanted to people to elect people to represent themselves and their interests in a legislature, which is known as a representative democracy. This idea represents that the sovereignty
One area of disagreement was how each other viewed the state of nature. John Locke that people in a state of nature, people would work together to overcome and defeat nature. John Locke believed that people needed each other to perform certain tasks like hunting or building shelters to survive. Unlike Thomas Hobbes, who thought humans would be the problem to society, John Locke believed that nature itself would cause problems. An example of this would be farming. Humans had to plant their crops and had to work to get that crop to grow. At the end of the process, humans would gain the nutritional benefits of the crop and this was known as Locke’s labor theory of value. John Locke considered this a “necessary evil” since humans were forced to do this to survive. Because of this the act of labor, is not a reward but John Locke believed it was a punishment for the actions of Adam and Eve in the Bible. However, since the labor was produced on private property, John Locke believed God’s reward for the labor was the right to private property.
Since, John Locke believed in individual rights, he rejected the idea of a monarchy. He instead supported the idea of a democracy. John Locke wanted to people to elect people to represent themselves and their interests in a legislature, which is known as a representative democracy. This idea represents that the sovereignty