Development of American Colonies
Although the colonies were established by European powers there were several major differences in the way each settlement was run, its traditions, and culture. As Americans grew independent colonial American values changed, specifically in the way that they differed from Europe and its customs. Ther....

Enlightenment Philosophers
Two of Englands most important enlightenment philosophers were Thomas Hobbes and John Locke. Both of these men were great thinkers that had different thoughts on the human nature and how the government should work. As believed by Thomas Hobbes, people were supposedly naturally bad and if th....

Free Will
In some sense, you have just chosen to read this essay... or at least to start it. But was this a free choice and if so, in what sense? If you're surreptitiously reading a philosophy essay when you should be working, can you be blamed for this? These are the sorts of questions that intrigue people i....

Hobbes and Locke: The State, Human Nature, and the Social Contract
This essay discusses property as discussed by John Locke and Thomas Hobbes. It focuses mainly on the latters views, but uses Hobbes as a point of comparison. In his Two Treatises of Government (1690), Locke sets forth a view that the state exists to preserve national rights of citizens. This wa....

Hobbes and Plato's views on justice
The idea of justice is a direct correlation with conceptions of a just society. Every philosopher with their idea on a just society has their own definition of justice. Justice is a loaded concept with different aspects to think about. How it relates to the individual and how it relates to the so....

Hobbes vs Locke
Both Thomas Hobbes and John Locke examine the idea of man in a state of nature and the social contract as a means of establishing a civil society. Although there are similarities in the basic concepts within each writers work there are also several differences, which lead the writers to very dif....

Hobbes vs. Locke
Thomas Hobbes and John Locke were philosophers that many say brought upon the enlightenment. They had new ideas about government's role in religion, governmental structure and social issues. Locke said that it is human nature to be social and peaceful. Naturally people would do as they want wit....

How is sexuality represented in the poems of Lord Rochester and in Daniel Defoes Roxanna?
The way sexuality is represented in the writing of the eighteenth century is neither straightforward nor united since it presents more than just one view. The Libertine figure in the period complicated and challenged what could be termed conventional notions of sexuality, though on the whole was use....

Human Nature
Many philosophers have taken special interest in examining the condition of human beings outside of the influence of civilization. They have stripped this situation down into what they termed a state of human nature. However, from this point, the theorists views have separated into different p....

John Locke and Thomas Hobbes - State Of Nature
To think of life without a government and exactly how it would present itself is almost impossible. To rely on nature for our societal structure and values over some order of government is quite difficult to picture for anybody within a governmental system. People may fear this mode of thought most ....

Locke and Hobbes
Locke and Hobbes Writing in the 17th century, both Hobbes and Locke used the concept of a state of nature to show the nature of man's existence before the establishment of society and a sovereign. Both writers then proceeded from this theoretical base point to construct a theory of how civil socie....

Nature Vs Nurture
Psychology as defined in Segal and Kegans book on psychology is the systematic study of behavior and mental process - including thought and emotion and the factors that influence them. The behavior aspect of the definition deals with the physical actions that us humans undergo, commencing f....

Source Of Normativity
The Source Of Normativity What is the source of normativity? What does that mean and what are the arguments? Well, in 1625 Hugo Grotius stated that we all have obligations. He argued that we all have obligations whether or not you believe in God, or furthermore whether or not God even exis....

What is Democracy
Democracy is a tender topic for a writer: like motherhood and apple pie it is not to be criticized. One will risk being roundly condemned if he, or she, points out the serious bottleneck that is presented when a community attempts, through the democratic process, to set plans for positive social ac....

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