Essays Tagged: "Thomas Hobbes"

John Locke

philosopher, John Locke, based his theories on natural law. Locke, as well as another philosopher, Thomas Hobbes, felt that a government should be based on a social contract. Although, Hobbes felt th ... e endowed with certain rights at birth, called natural rights, such as life, liberty, and property. Thomas Jefferson, valued the views of John Locke.Jefferson based some of the Declaration of Independ ...

(1 pages) 282 0 4.6 Apr/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Modern Philosophy

Morality. Rene Descartes, Thomas Hobbes and David Hume were all after the truth

Rene Descartes, Thomas Hobbes and David Hume are well known philosophers of the time. These three men were after the ... st a little insane. Experience does help, in many cases, but it cannot apply to all.Rene Descartes, Thomas Hobbes, and David Hume all have excellent ideas. Combining them all together would create an ...

(2 pages) 163 0 3.5 Sep/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Comparative Philosophy & Ethics

Tension Between Majority Rule and Minority Rights Throughout History

ing between the government ofstate and it's constituents. From the times where such philosophers as Thomas Hobbesand John Locke put forth their respective theories of a state of nature and social cont ...

(4 pages) 74 0 4.5 Dec/1996

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Tension Between Majority Rule and Minority Rights Throughout History

ing between the government ofstate and it's constituents. From the times where such philosophers as Thomas Hobbesand John Locke put forth their respective theories of a state of nature and social cont ...

(4 pages) 58 0 3.7 Dec/1996

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

the teachings of Thomas Hobbes in his book Leviathan

Thomas Hobbes Paper - What is the difference betweenobligations in foro interno and in foro externo, ... enobligations in foro interno and in foro externo, and when do wehave such obligations?According to Thomas Hobbes, there are certain laws of nature whichexist in the absence of an organized government ...

(3 pages) 129 0 3.0 Apr/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Modern Philosophy

Inferring Freedom and Equality. Speaks of Jean Jacques Rousseau

and the basis of this nation's bureaucracy adopted many of his opinions, along with John Locke and Thomas Hobbes, into the making of legitimate society. The American government still displays many fa ...

(4 pages) 144 0 3.0 Nov/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Modern Philosophy

In this discussion we will look at the meaning and nature of the social contract as seen from the point of view of political theorists, Thomas Hobbes and John Locke.

he meaning and nature of the social contract as seen from the point of view of political theorists, Thomas Hobbes and John Locke.General Social ContractAccording to Roland (1994): "The fundamental bas ... of the society.Social Contract via HobbesOne of the curious things about doing research concerning Thomas Hobbes is that he is invariably labeled a "lunatic" or a crazy person, and that was by his co ...

(8 pages) 462 0 4.0 May/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science

In this discussion we will look at the meaning and nature of the social contract as seen from the point of view of political theorists, Thomas Hobbes and John Locke.

he meaning and nature of the social contract as seen from the point of view of political theorists, Thomas Hobbes and John Locke.General Social ContractAccording to Roland (1994): "The fundamental bas ... of the society.Social Contract via HobbesOne of the curious things about doing research concerning Thomas Hobbes is that he is invariably labeled a "lunatic" or a crazy person, and that was by his co ...

(8 pages) 226 0 4.6 May/2002

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law

Thomas Hobbes

EARLY LIFE. Thomas Hobbes was born at Westport, adjoining Malmesbury in Wiltshire, on April 5, 1588. His father, ...

(14 pages) 245 0 3.0 Nov/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Modern Philosophy

Thomas Hobbes discussion for west civ 190 his book Levithian (ch 13-14). Includes works cited and link to source.

Class discussion on Wednesday, September 11 centered around Thomas Hobbes and the thirteenth and fourteenth chapters of his book, Leviathan. Written in 1651, th ... ence to minimal government structures should exist to help avoid war.In conclusion, I would suggest Thomas Hobbes successful at beginning the step for understand human nature and the need for structur ...

(3 pages) 46 0 5.0 Dec/2002

Subjects: History Term Papers

Hobbes' views on humanity. Is this conception of humanity accurate, that is, is man a self-preserving and anti-social machine? Are humans ultimately selfish and perpetually in a state of conflict?

bly will never be accurately conceived, but few philosophers come quite close to swaying the crowd. Thomas Hobbes leads to say that human beings are ultimately selfish and always in a state of conflic ... of his own self-interest in every possible way. Man is born to be defensive; to protect one's self. Thomas Hobbes gives two (2) reasons why man is selfish. The first is the desire for power and the se ...

(10 pages) 113 1 2.4 Apr/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Modern Philosophy

Comparison of Leviathan, by Thomas Hobbes, and the Discourse on the Origin and Foundations of Inequality Among Mankind, by Jean-Jacques Rousseau.

Jean Jacques Rousseau and Thomas Hobbes are two of the most "influential political theorists in the world"(Arbury). Their idea ... losophies have spread all over the world influencing the creation of many new governments (Arbury). Thomas Hobbes and Jean-Jacques Rousseau were seventeenth and eighteenth century philosophers with si ... his paper I will compare and contrast the human nature and individualism mentioned in Leviathan, by Thomas Hobbes, and the Discourse on the Origin and Foundations of Inequality Among Mankind, by Jean- ...

(5 pages) 179 0 5.0 Apr/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science > Political Theory

Hobbes vs. Locke--Who Was Correct?

John Locke believes that man is good; Thomas Hobbes believes that man is evil. One can look at man in these two ways. In Locke's view, man ...

(4 pages) 84 0 4.0 Apr/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science > Political Theory

Ehtical look at war.

ion by force", Hugo Grotius adds that "war is the state of contendingparities, considered such as", Thomas Hobbes notes that war is also an attitude: "By war ismeant a state of affairs, which may exis ... ken country. Without the forceful movement of the troops people in Iraq would have goneon suffering.Thomas Hobbes presents a veiw on war as human nature. He argued that to live in waris an underlying ...

(6 pages) 199 2 4.3 Apr/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Military & International Conflicts & Security

Thomas Hobbes vs. John Locke: Who is the true liberal?

Thomas Hobbes and John Locke are often referred to as the premier liberal philosophers, a label whic ... above all else.A major tenet of liberal philosophy is the belief that men are inherently rational. Thomas Hobbes claims to believe that men are rational beings, yet his writing on the subject is so f ... ble of forming and maintaining a functioning government.There is yet another difficulty in labeling Thomas Hobbes as a liberal writer, and that is in his concept of the social contract. Hobbes allows ...

(7 pages) 220 0 4.7 May/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science > Political Theory

Hobbes' "Leviathan".

no law; where no law, no injustice. Force and fraud are the two cardinal virtues" (Hobbes Chpt. 13) Thomas Hobbes, a noteworthy political theorist and contemporary of John Locke, offers a concept of j ...

(8 pages) 132 0 4.0 May/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science > Political Theory

The seventeenth and eighteenth centuries were witness to several intellectual revolutions in Europe.

it would be no great feat "to sketch, with some pretence to truth, the future destiny of man"(174).Thomas Hobbes, John Locke and Jean-Jacques Rousseau were three thinkers of this revolutionary period ... ions towards the social contract they deemed necessary for a legitimate government.Chronologically, Thomas Hobbes was the first of the three to tackle the idea of political legitimacy. Before examinin ...

(6 pages) 76 0 5.0 Sep/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

What would Hobbes and Locke think after September 11, terrorist attack

nal security? I would like to analyze on this question by looking at the theories of John Locke and Thomas Hobbes.Thomas Hobbes and John Locke are two political philosophers; their theories wereabout ...

(7 pages) 98 0 3.4 Dec/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies

The political theory of Plato and Hobbes

ing the requirements necessary for the appropriation of knowledge or wisdom in the examples of both Thomas Hobbes in Leviathan and Plato in The Republic an explanation will be given as to the relation ...

(4 pages) 62 0 4.0 Feb/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science > Political Theory

What does the world around us tell us about human nature?

would always be at war and destructions, catastrophes and vandalism would be constantly occurring. Thomas Hobbes was an important philosopher, who lived from 1588-1679, and proposed many important an ... dismay. Therefore the people below this power obey based on their fears and terrors. The concept of Thomas Hobbes therefore was indeed correct, when he described man as "solitary, poor, nasty, brutish ...

(4 pages) 43 0 3.5 Feb/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science