Thomas Hobbes

The first philosopher, Thomas Hobbes, promotes the strict monarchy of commonwealth, the second, John Locke, promotes the liberal monarchy, and the last, Jean-Jacques Rousseau promotes liberal republicanism. Thomas Hobbes, an English philosopher, born in 1588 of Malmesbury, is most known for his work in modern political philosophy. Hobbes, strongly supporting a sovereign government to control political and social order, debates the evils of man’s free…

In the world of today there are a vast amount of different types of government, as well as a large range of theories on which type is the best. Some of the greatest differences between these types of governments are derived from how power is distributed and the number of people involved. Many of the oldest types were those of dictatorships and monarchies, where today we can see a greater distribution of powers between multiple people rather than just an individual figure. All this leads to the…

Rousseau, on the other hand, theorized that there were two types of inequality: natural and moral (1:1). Natural inequality is one which can easily be defined by age, health, strength, and the like (1:1). Moral, or political inequality, however, originates from society through the consent of man, and creates privilege or oppression of man based on possessions, money, honor and power; this idea is consistent with Smith’s observation of inequality (8/31). Before man was civilized he was in a…

will be assessing Hobbes view of man in a state of nature and why it is not possible to agree with life in the state of nature if one disagrees with the all-powerful sovereign. Due to the many factors associated with the state of nature and the social contract, if one agrees with such it makes it nearly impossible to disagree with the need for a government with limitless powers. I will argue that if one agrees with life in the state of nature, then they must as well agree with Hobbes in regards…

Madison starts maybe the most well-known of the Federalist papers by expressing that one of the most grounded contentions for the Constitution is the way that it builds up an administration equipped for controlling the viciousness and harm brought about by groups. Madison characterizes groups as gatherings of individuals who assemble to secure and advance their exceptional monetary interests and political conclusions. Although these groups are inconsistent with each other, they as often as…

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn said, “the battleline between good and evil runs through the heart of every man.” Humans have a choice from the very start, to chose sides between good or evil. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn believes that the choice of humanity derives from the heart of all humans. What about human nature? Is it a choice? Like Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Nathaniel Hawthorne believed that humans from the dawn of time were constructed evil. Through the parable of “ Young Goodman Brown” Nathaniel…

destroyed society, most of the boys have abandoned their morals, especially Roger. Within society, or even earlier on the island while to social contract was still intact, none of them would even consider doing what they now planned to do. However, like Hobbes’ philosophy hypothesizes, once their society declined to the state of nature as a result of lack of government control and they no longer had to recognize the social contract, they naturally began a state of war because their primal,…

Benjamin Franklin once said, “The strictest law sometimes becomes the severest injustice.” All men are created equal, the strictest law, but the most severe injustice. Men, not men and women are created equal. Men, only with white skin, not black skin are created equal. To further explain, social injustice is defined the unfair treatment in which the rights of a person or a group of people are ignored. People are victimized due to their unfavorable traits determined by society. In his novel Of…

Katerina Siroruka Marx and Locke are two theorists with completely different ideas. When looking at their theories closely, several aspects emerge: Locke was a liberal political philosopher and Marx was a socialist political theorist, both men had different views on liberalism. Locke believed in the state of nature, in his account of natural law he wrote that all men are equal and independent; no one ought to harm another person in his life, health, liberty, or possessions. Marx would…

Both philosophers, Lock and Aristotle, have written a variety of novels that concretely describes who they believe should rule. In the novel “The Politics of Aristotle”, Aristotle highlights the impact and influence that regimes have on our society. He thoroughly describes a regime as, “The way a city is arranged both with respect to its other offices and, above all, with respect to the office that has control over all the rest” (Aristotle 87). He goes on to specifying three correct regimes…