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  • Thomas Hobbes

    Thomas Hobbes

    A covenant is a contracted agreement in which it is trusted that both persons will carry out their responsibility in time. This can be referred to as the keeping of a promise. "The mutual transferring of right, is that which men call CONTRACT." This means that when you exchange something in return for something else you are binding yourself to the agreement of the exchange. "One of the contractors, may deliver the thing contracted for

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    Submitted: March 22, 2010 By: Yan
  • Mill Locke on Liberty

    Mill Locke on Liberty

    Through out history, many philosophers have discussed the rights of mankind such as existence, liberty and especially property. In the work “The Second Treatise of Civil Government” written by John Locke, mankind’s natural rights are critically examined one by one. This essay aims to discuss whether John Stuart Mill’s harm principle that he mentions in “On Liberty” can be exercised while not violating the natural rights of mankind or not. First of all, in order

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    Submitted: March 23, 2010 By: Mike
  • How Does an Agent Reason About Lock's Options in a Single-Play Dilemma?

    How Does an Agent Reason About Lock's Options in a Single-Play Dilemma?

    1) How does an agent reason about Lock’s options in a single-play dilemma? In the state of nature, there are four preferences. The first preference is to attack and not be attacked. The second preference is to not attack and not be attacked. The third preference is to Attack and be attacked. The fourth preference is to not attack and be attacked. 2) Was Bramhall justified in calling Hobbes’ Leviathan a “rebel’s catechism”? Yes. According

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    Essay Length: 499 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: March 28, 2010 By: Janna
  • Hobbe’s Law of Nature

    Hobbe’s Law of Nature

    Hobbes claims that we should be moral because of our best interest, which is to do everything we can to ensure our survival. The problem with this is that not everyone is feared of death, as Hobbes assumed. Hobbes' reply to that would be under normal circumstances, it is still our basic instinct to protect and ensure our survival. By definition of Hobbes, the State of Nature is a state where "everyman is in war

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    Essay Length: 473 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: April 6, 2010 By: David
  • Reading Response - the Rape of the Lock

    Reading Response - the Rape of the Lock

    Reading Response-The Rape of the Lock What are some of the images that recur through the poem, and what significance do they have? The Rape of the Lock is a very good example of mock epic poetry. The poem concerns a feud between two Catholic families, the Petres and the Fermors. Lord Petre cuts a lock from Arabella Fermor’s hair. Arabella and her family were very upset by this incident. Pope appears to write the

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    Submitted: April 11, 2010 By: Monika
  • Rousseau's Philosophy in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

    Rousseau's Philosophy in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

    In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, the titular character states that “If [man’s] impulses were confined to hunger, thirst and desire, [he] might nearly be free” (Shelley, 97). With this assertion, Victor imparts his belief that man is most content in the state of nature; a state where only his most primal needs must be fulfilled in order to be satisfied. Man in his natural state is the central topic in Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s philosophic essay A Discourse

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    Submitted: April 15, 2010 By: Jack
  • Why Is Personal Identity Important in Locke’s View?

    Why Is Personal Identity Important in Locke’s View?

    In his essay Of Identity and Diversity, Locke talks about the importance of personal identity. The title of his essay gives an idea of his view. Identity, according to Locke, is the memory and self consciousness, and diversity is the faculty to transfer memories across bodies and souls. In order to make his point more understandable, Locke defines man and person. Locke identifies a man as an animal of a certain form and a person

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    Essay Length: 1,555 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: April 16, 2010 By: Mike
  • Rousseau

    Rousseau

    Rousseau believed that an impartial “legislator” would be needed to come into a society in order to implement positive change, while blaming the original negative change on “divine intervention”. In this essay I will prove that divine intervention is not the only explanation for this original negative change as well as how a “legislator”, is not the only option or even the best option to implement positive societal change. Rousseau’s unwillingness to offer any other

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    Essay Length: 280 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: April 16, 2010 By: Top
  • Jean Jacques Rousseau Critique

    Jean Jacques Rousseau Critique

    Jean-Jacques Rousseau's philosophy of education known as "negative education" (Entwistle in Bayley, 89) describes many valid concepts which are still applied in today's educational system. Although his philosophy is reasonable in terms of its ideas, his contradictions make it such that it would be difficult to apply realistically as pedagogy. Rousseau was a French philosopher of the eighteenth century, he argued that children should not be told what to learn, instead they should learn for

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    Submitted: April 20, 2010 By: Max
  • Hobbes Why Should I Accept Government

    Hobbes Why Should I Accept Government

    Hobbes can be understood as trying to answer the following two questions (i) Why should I (or we) accept law and government? (ii) What form of law and government should I (or we) accept? How does Hobbes answer these questions? Do you agree/disagree with Hobbes? (Provide reasons.) Why should I (or we) accept law and government? How does Hobbes answer these questions? Hobbes’s answer to the key question of “Why should I (or we) accept

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    Submitted: April 22, 2010 By: Fatih
  • Views of Hobbes and Nietzche

    Views of Hobbes and Nietzche

    Different schools of thought have generated arguments since the beginning of civilization. They represent different perspectives of every part of life, whether its religion or politics. The realist school and the humanist perspectives offer people different views in many different aspects. The realist school is based on the thought that human nature is not perfectible. Human nature is viewed as evil and something that cannot be trusted or counted on. In order to have a

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    Submitted: April 24, 2010 By: Vika
  • Thomas Hobbes - Leviathan

    Thomas Hobbes - Leviathan

    This quote from Thomas Hobbes ‘Leviathan,’ summarizes his opinion of the natural condition of mankind as concerning their felicity and misery. He basically suggests a natural impulse for war embedded in the souls of men who do not have a ruler, or a king. They are without bounds, and without limits. It is a state of anarchy that he envisages. He believes that ‘Nature hath made men so equal’ that ‘one man can claim to

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    Submitted: April 29, 2010 By: July
  • John Locke

    John Locke

    Crystal Sanchez Mr. Fitz A. P. Euro/Per. 6 December 1 2005 The 17th century in England was a time of war, taxes, religious intolerance, and political mischief. At the time there was a conflict between Crown and Parliament and the conflicts between Protestants, Anglicans and Catholics. With the defeat of Charles I in 1649 there began a great experiment in governmental institutions including the abolishment of the monarchy, the house of the Lords and ht

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    Essay Length: 1,039 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: May 6, 2010 By: Mike
  • Thomas Hobbes’ Influences

    Thomas Hobbes’ Influences

    Throughout the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries Europe was rattled by political instability. The reformation of old ideas began along with the development of new ones. Rumor of democracy began to flow and new political institutions began to arise. Thomas Hobbes, most well known for his writings on the human psyche and the social contract, was trying to discover the form or pattern in human behavior that all live by, and what things go through our

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    Submitted: May 9, 2010 By: Bred
  • John Locke

    John Locke

    In John Locke’s “An Essay Concerning the True Original, Extent and End of Civil Government” many interesting ideas regarding the relationship between the individual and society are developed. The assumption that Locke starts with as the first step into developing his argument, is that all men are born in “a state of perfect freedom to order their actions and dispose of their possessions and personas as they think fit, within the bounds of the law

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    Submitted: May 15, 2010 By: Edward
  • John Locke

    John Locke

    John Locke John Locke was a British philosopher, Oxford academic and medical researcher. His association with Anthony Ashley Cooper (the First Earl of Shaftesbury) led him to then become a government official who was responsible for collecting information about trade and colonies. It also led him to become an economic writer, opposition political activist, and finally a revolutionary whose goal was finally satisfied in the Glorious Revolution of 1688. His philosophy mainly revolves around his

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    Submitted: May 18, 2010 By: Edward
  • John Locke and Jean Domat: Two 17th Century Theories of Power

    John Locke and Jean Domat: Two 17th Century Theories of Power

    During the 17th century, Europe was the center of two competing types of government; Absolutism and constitutionalism. Would a single ruler or shared power be best for the people? John Locke and Jean Domat both have their own opinions on how a government should administer. Jean Domat is a political theorist who favors the idea of absolutism. He argues that individuals are given a certain rank in society, in other words, a type of predestiny.

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    Submitted: May 23, 2010 By: Janna
  • Report on “a Discourse on Inequality” by Jean Jacques Rousseau

    Report on “a Discourse on Inequality” by Jean Jacques Rousseau

    Report On “A Discourse On Inequality”, By Jean Jacques Rousseau In Rousseau’s book “A Discourse On Inequality”, he looks into the question of where the general inequality amongst men came from. Inequality exists economically, structurally, amongst different generations, genders, races, and in almost all other areas of society. However, Rousseau considers that there are really two categories of inequality. The first is called Natural/Physical, it occurs as an affect of nature. It includes inequalities of

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    Submitted: May 24, 2010 By: July
  • Locke Theories

    Locke Theories

    In Knowing Truth The agenda for the modern Western philosophy was set up in the 17th century, with the establishment of the scientific outlook on the world. Philosophers began their study and published their thoughts of what they believe is the cause and effect of everything that we feel or believe that is going on in the life around us. Rene Descartes and John Locke were philosophers in the 1600s, but their work and wisdom

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    Submitted: May 28, 2010 By: Kevin
  • Rene Descartes and John Locke

    Rene Descartes and John Locke

    Rene Descartes was a highly influential French philosopher, mathematician, scientist and writer. Many elements of his philosophy have precedent in late Aristolelianism and earlier philosophers like St. Augustine. Descartes was a major figure in 17th century continental rationalism, later advocated by Baruch Spinoza and opposed by the empiricist school of thought consisting of Locke, Berkeley, and Hume. His most famous statement is: Cogito ergo sum, translation in English I think therefore I am. Descartes employs

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    Submitted: June 4, 2010 By: Jon
  • Critical Analyis of John Locke, Hegel, and And John Stuart Mill

    Critical Analyis of John Locke, Hegel, and And John Stuart Mill

    Critical Analysis : Locke, Mill, Hegel Question 1: How does Locke prove that human beings have a natural right to private property? Answer (Book II chap V section 27): Humans have the right to private property because they are using their own labor in conjunction to take property from the state of nature and thus making it his own. By mixing his labor or his hands, which is an extent of himself, he is relating

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    Submitted: June 8, 2010 By: Mike
  • Analysis Thomas Hobbes’s Claim "a State of Nature Is, or Would Be, a State of War of Everyone Against Everyone"

    Analysis Thomas Hobbes’s Claim "a State of Nature Is, or Would Be, a State of War of Everyone Against Everyone"

    Thomas Hobbes argues that a state of nature will eventually become a state of war of everyone against everyone. According the Hobbes, the main reason behind this change will be the harsh competition over scarce resources caused by the nature of man. Through out this essay Hobbes's reasons will be explained in greater detail. In order to truly understand the logic behind Hobbes's claim, we must first understand his point of view of human nature.

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    Submitted: June 12, 2010 By: David
  • The Role of Private Property According to Karl Marx and John Locke

    The Role of Private Property According to Karl Marx and John Locke

    The Role of Private Property According to Karl Marx and John Locke "Property, any object or right that can be owned. Ownership involves, first and foremost, possession; in simple societies to possess something is to own it" ( Funk & Wagnall's.1994). English philosopher, John Locke (1632-1704) believed that the only reason society degenerates to armed conflict and strife is because of a depletion of the essential ingredients of an individual or a community's self-preservation. Those

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    Submitted: April 28, 2011 By: jsap26989
  • John Locke

    John Locke

    Haddad John Locke John Locke has twenty six published works and many of them have a theme of human rights or responsibility and often include both. Locke was born in Wrington, England in 1632 and was a well-known philosopher (Anonymous). He was educated at the University of Oxford where he studied medicine (Anonymous). One of the things he is most known for is impacting the Declaration of Independence. In Locke’s works, he proposes people should

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    Submitted: November 12, 2014 By: jdaddy.2200
  • John Locke

    John Locke

    John Locke – Second Treatise of Government John Locke explains in his Second Treatise of Government all about people’s labour, their property and, currency. Men are given the property of their hands, and whatever they use their hands on, or labor on will transform into their own property. For a long period of time in the human existence, people were satisfied with using what nature had provided them, they would take this item out of

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    Submitted: December 10, 2014 By: LINDARRAGNAR

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