French philosopher Jean Paul Sartre believes that you should live your life according to authenticity instead of happiness. Sartre defines authenticity as focusing on an individual 's freedom by making his or her own decisions. In this paper I will explain how I am free using Sartre’s Existentialism and Human Emotion. Sartre says human beings are free when they are being authentic by living according to their moral character, which is determined by your responsibility for your actions,…
“The Battle of the Sexes” between Bobby Riggs and Billie Jean King was an iconic re-enactment of one of the world’s oldest conflicts in history: the battle of man verses woman, played out on a simple green and white painted concrete court. Yet the spectacle surrounding the match was anything but simple; hosted in the futuristic Astrodome with a crowd of 30,492 present, this match became the most watched tennis match in the US. This landmark match was televised to over 90 million people around…
bills, own an AK-47, or being a black man and being able to walk freely without getting killed by the police. The idea of freedom has progressed in modern history, but in the last century that freedom has not been applied equally. John Locke and Jean-Jacques Rousseau were two men who talked about the role of the government. Locke wrote heavily about the right to own property. He said that the sole responsibility of government was to preserve the right of property. He also talked about a…
races, genders, nationalities, and economic and political statuses. One might begin to wonder: how did such imbalance arise in people who are, in essence, very much the same? In his Discourse on the Origin, and the Foundation of Inequality Among Men, Jean-Jacque Rousseau discusses his theories about the sources of inequality in humankind. He, along with other authors, has much evidence to argue that the injustices in society came about as a result of the formation of civilization. In his…
Enlightenment thinkers called philosophes were intellectuals who popularized the ideas of the Enlightenment. The American Revolution (1775-1783) and the French Revolution (1789-1815) were direct causes of the Enlightenment. The ideas of John Locke, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and Montesquieu all played important roles in the revolutions. Locke's idea of natural rights and publication of the Two Treatises of Government, Rousseau's influence on his followers and Montesquieu's idea of separation of…
In John Locke and Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s theories, the state of nature is pre-political. It aims to explain the origin of the political order and the legitimacy of human society. Men in Locke’s theory give up their perfect freedom in the state of nature to secure the advantages of civilized society (Locke 495). The role of the government then is to protect the natural rights of all namely man’s property and liberty (Locke 493). According to Rousseau, men in their natural state have equality and…
Frankenstein was a man obsessed. By the age of thirteen, his fascination with finding the key to immortality had already overtaken his thoughts. In this pursuit, he viewed himself as one of the greatest scientists, equal to Isaac Newton and his successors. He believed he could not fail: any inadequacy would be attributed to his lack of experience. He ultimately isolated himself to work solely on his experiments, as “[his] mind was filled with one thought, one conception, one purpose,” (49)…
the 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…
Philosophy is as relevant today as it was at the time of Thales because of its pragmatism and intrigue. Since the birth of civilization, man has questioned the nature of the universe, both secular and spiritual. The practice of philosophy is what binds the theoretical ideas with the way people live their lives. It’s become the basis of the modern government and provides guidance on how to assess situations that might arise in the future. Philosophy has both raised and answered some of the most…
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…