Calvin and Hobbes

everyone is taught to be compassionate and to develop empathy. However, certain schools of thought argue that these moral teachings take a backseat when children are introduced to the harsh realities of the world. In his 1651 text “Leviathan”, Thomas Hobbes proposes two interesting but controversial ideas. First, that people are motivated by their inherently narrow self interest. Second, the only path to stable governance is to establish an absolute authority in a single person or a small…

Philosophy 311 Assessment: 2 Collectivism is some form of social community which is the basic social reality as it is what produces and sustain individuals (Clouser, 2005). “Individuals are part of a social whole of which without it they do not exist (Clouser, 2005)”. To explain this thoroughly collectivism is some sort of practice or principle in which prioritization of group goals is of importance over individual goals. Collectivism is the opposition of individualism and it seeks to empower…

John Carmichael Professor Porter HIS 101 12/5/16 Thomas Hobbs Thomas Hobbes, born in Westport, England, on April 5, 1588 and died Dec 4, 1679. Hobbes contracted a bladder disorder followed by a paralytic attack. He was buried in St. John the Baptist Church in Ault Hucknall in Derbyshire, England. Hobbes for a new passion, he wanted to write three works; all related to the application of the principles of mechanics or motion to all life. De corpore (published eventually in 1655) focused on…

It is amazing how the two most influential philosophers can be polar opposite but at the same time agree on other topics. These two philosophers are Englishmen Thomas Hobbes and John Locke. Thomas Hobbes was born on April 5, 1588, while John Locke was born 44 years later on August 29,1632. Both men went to Oxford University in England to get their degrees in philosophy. Although these men have similarities in their educational backgrounds their philosophies are a bit different. The…

authority of the state to govern itself, did not mirror the times of Thomas Hobbes and Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Hobbes living in a time of a civil war in England and Rousseau in the mists of the French Revolution wrote novels, The Leviathan and On the Social Contract, entailing the creation of a sovereign state from their times of distress. Though a century apart, these theorists did not coincide with their respective times. Hobbes denounced religion and the divine ruling of God for secular…

American philosopher Thomas Hobbes is known for his political theory, which those political theories consist of: ideas, general views, and specific ethics of politics beliefs. In Hobbes book written in 1651 “Leviathan” that establish the social contract stating “ morality consists in the set of rules governing behavior, that rational people would accept, on the condition that others accept them as well” that society is based on ration self interest. • Thomas Hobbes ideas from the social…

enlightenment was a time during the 18th century where there was a major change in the way people think of politics, philosophy, science, and communications. Hobbes was a philosopher during the time who had his own opinion on government. Hobbes philosophy on government make the most sense. Hobbes government prevents wars and stops arguments from happening. Hobbes government structure prevents arguments between people by having the government give them orders. “ Because men are so similar in…

Despite being concerned with two different objectives, Hobbes with the commonwealth concerned and Descartes with certain knowledge, both thinkers fundamentally challenged key Aristotelian notions. Hobbes challenges Aristotle’s fundamental idea that humans’ natural tendency is for society by stating that the natural state is that of war. Descartes, on the other hand, reorganizes and inverts Aristotle’s outline of the soul by creating his dualist separation of the mind and body. In their writings,…

The philosophers Hobbes, Marx and Locke all have very conflicting arguments but the philosopher whose debate favored the people rather than the government will be highly supported by the people because they tend to agree with something that favors them. Thomas Hobbes states, “The only way to erect such a common power, as may be able to defend [men] from the invasion of foreigners, and the inquiries of one another... is to confer all their power and strength upon one man, or upon one assembly of…

nature, self-interest, natural laws, and even Thomas Hobbe’s idea of the State of Nature. There is a lot of horror in this camp and many of the prisoners struggle to survive and maintain their humanity. I will look at the Enlightenment thoughts of Hobbes and Locke to relate them back to Levi’s story of survival. The Enlightenment idea of human nature is that “people are not inherently bad or evil.” In other words, we are “born good, we like to be happy, and we make ourselves as happy…