Jacques-Yves Cousteau

Unlike Hobbes, Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s philosophies on human nature and the state of nature can be compared easily to those of Locke. In Rousseau’s state of nature, he believed than man is born inherently good; it was the invention of private property, in his perspective, that ruined the state of nature. He thought that once man could claim something other than his own self, then the right to preservation would be extended to his property. It was this that led Rousseau to conclude that property…

Jean-Jacques Rousseau, an influential philosopher and writer during the enlightenment of the 18th century, explicitly expressed his view of slavery and alterity in two of his well-known works, The Social Contract and Discourse on Inequality. In The Social Contract, Rousseau supposes that man is born free, and no man should be able to rule over another , while simultaneously summarizing and refuting opposing claims made by relevant and significant philosophers before him. Jean-Jacques Rousseau…

human kind. There was a popular movement in the late 1820’s called Transcendentalism. Transcendentalism is the idea that at the core every human is inherently good and that society and institutions corrupt us and turn us evil. This belief was very popular and was found in many literature pieces during the time. Nathaniel Hawthorne was very involved in this movement. Turner writes, “It Becomes Clear that Hawthorne was at home with both transcendental thought and language, but he can by no means…

state), with the understanding that everyone else has to give up the same natural rights. This contract is meant to ensure to stability and social welfare of the people. In John Locke’s Two Treaties of Government, Thomas Hobbes’ Leviathan, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s The Social Contract and The Discourses they examine this social contract, but have different understands of the relationship with the state and the post perfect form of governance. The goal the social contract is to reaffirm the…

Journal entry #1 Chapter 24 “ The Promise of Reason” – “The time will… come when the sun will shine only on free men who know no other master but their reason.” Antoine Nicolas de Condorcet. Hobbes and Locke were influenced by Hugo Grotius Idea of a political contract based on the natural laws. Locke related human beings as free, equal, and able to separate good from bad. Hobbes on the other hand, view us humans as being greedy, selfish, and aggressive. He also thought that we were nasty, poor,…

Jean Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) was a renowned French philosopher and a great political thinker of the eighteenth century. He expressed his theory of Social Contract in his famous book- “Social Contract”. He was born in Geneva in 1712 and finally settled in Paris. He was deeply affected by the political situation in France. He was greatly influenced by Plato, Montesquieu and Cicero, etc. His own ideas deeply influenced Kant and Hegel, the well-known German philosopher. Initially his views and…

JOHN LOCKE 1. What does Locke mean when he refers to the laws of nature? Describe what rights and liberties man would have living in a state of nature. Be sure to include specific examples from the reading. (2 pts.) When Locke refers to the laws of nature, he is referring to the state of equality in which no one is superior or inferior, unless the lord puts one above another; and all have equal rights in the realm of what they wish to do. While living in a state of nature, one is granted the…

Hobbes and Rousseau both look at the social contract in similar views as they each see Hobbes argues that political authority and obligation are based on the individual self-interests of members of society who are understood to be equal to one another, with no single individual invested with any essential authority to rule over the rest, while at the same time maintaining the conservative position that the sovereign must be ceded absolute authority if society is to survive. This is best seen…

The theory of the state of nature has been explored by many scholars (John Locke, Thomas Hobbes, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and John Rawls), which can help us better understand how gender fits into the different concepts of the state of nature. Mankind was brought into this world in a state of nature (pre-social condition) and had to give up liberties for self-preservation under a ruled society for the sole survival of man, or to better themselves. When describing the beginning of civilization, it’s…

1.) Liberalism became a distinct political theory during the Age of Enlightenment (1685-1815). By its main contributor John Locke who is known as the "father of classic Liberalism". Some of Locke's works and ideas the framers take into account when writing the Constitution. Another main contributor to the ideal of Liberalism would be Thomas Hobbes. Both Hobbes and Locke have both simpler and different ideas about the role of government. Like how much government should be in our lives and if we…