Kimberley Locke

Comparing Rousseau and Mill on Liberty In this essay, I would like to contrast and compare the concept of liberty in Jean Jacques Rousseau's “the Social Contract Theory”, which was written in 1762 and J.S. Mill's On liberty, which was written in 1859. In a fact, the authors were born different century and also, had different ideas. They were successfully influence the society by sharing their ideas. In the writings, both Rousseau and Mill mainly discourses about the relationship…

Starting off, they each had a distinctive understanding of human nature from one another. To Rousseau, humans in primitive times were "noble savages" and it is "civilization" that turned man into a "beast". Conversely, Hobbes believed that being "civilized" is a positive trait and being uncivilized or a "savage" is bad. Concerning human nature, Rousseau theorized that humans were innately good and generous, before being corrupted by the vices of civilization. Human life was most likely peaceful…

Choices (Draft) All humans are created equally and are born with free will. Every person has the natural right to be the author of their life, meaning that they can make their own choices and pursue their dreams. Nevertheless, humans bent nature to their will by adopting slavery, a practice in which humans are owned and are brutally forced to work. In the excerpt “Learning to Read and Write,” Frederick Douglass masters the literacy skills he needed to fulfill his role as an…

“The patriarchal world view sees man as the measure of all value, with no space for diversity, only for hierarchy. Woman, being different, is treated as unequal and inferior.” (Shiva 164) Random and reckless industrialization and commercialization in recent years have resulted in thoughtless exploitation of nature and its precious resources. In the great name of development and progression, nature with all its benevolent resources has been subjected to merciless plundering with the consequence…

Fate: Discussing the Extent and Purpose of Free Will in Oedipus One of the most multisided philosophical debates can be sparked simply by asking "Are we free?" It's a question that we've been grappling for thousands of years. Sophocles uses Oedipus to ask questions about fate, free will, and how they can possibly exist together. In ancient Greek, the word for fate was Moira, defined by Homer as an impersonal power and sometimes makes its functions interchangeable with those of the Olympian gods.…

The state of nature refers to human nature, where there is naturally liberty and no external impediment to human behaviour. Hobbes pessimistic portrayal of life in a hypothetical state as “solitary, poore, nasty, brutish and short” hinges on the assumption of self-interested and competitive individualism. He indicates his preference for unadulterated absolutism by an artificially appointed sovereign because by nature, then, our method of knowing the world is solipsistic. His arguments are…

The Romantic Era was an intellectual movement that arose in response to the global modernization initiated by such events as the French Revolution, Enlightenment, and the Industrial Revolution. Historians and scholars typically agree that the movement, originating in Europe, peaked between the years of 1798 and 1832. The era is generally characterized as contradictory to the rational, scientific thinking expressed by the Enlightenment. Artistic works, in various forms, were centralized around…

presumption of a system of morality- -the natural law gets from a hypothesis of justice, an arrangement of rights. Nobody would have any rights at all without a moral code appropriate to human activities, nor there any standard of just punishment. Locke every now and again utilizes the expression rights and speaks to soul and quiet reason, all of which mirror his suppositions about justice and morality. 8. Answer: To begin with, for self-enthusiasm to be a directing component, a man's…

One of the concerns of the Anti-Federalists is that people would prioritize their own social class. This is one of the reasons they are so concerned with elitism. The Federalists argue that this is not the case, “Is it not natural that a man who is a candidate for the favor of the people and who is dependent on the suffrages of his fellow citizen for the continuance of his public honors should take care to inform himself of their dispositions and inclinations and should be willing to allow them…

Most people today will probably claim that the world is mostly free. But this will differ from where and who you ask. The U.S. laws and rights were inspired by Enlightenment ideas such as the John’s Locke, Voltaire, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Although the Enlightenment brought a new way of thinking, the age of Imperialism took away the freedom many people had. The world is not as free as we think. Throughout the decades, the world has become freer, but many countries are still fighting for their…