contract compare with that of Hobbes.(4 points) The theory of the social contract is where individual members of a society cooperate, and often give up individual freedoms, for the benefit of the general will, or greater good. The social contract divides the power between the government and the society to benefit the general will. With the social contract, a strong point of debate is over where exactly the division of power lies between government and the society. Philosopher Thomas Hobbes believed
In his Discourse on Inequality, Jean-Jacques Rousseau expresses his own conception of the original condition of human nature, one that is vastly contrary to predecessors Thomas Hobbes and John Locke. Rousseau claims that in order to fully understand human nature in its original state, one must conduct a thought experiment; stripping away social constraints acquired by the influence of time, history, and traditions, so that all that remains are the innate animalistic qualities. Many of the conflicts
The 18th Century saw the application of ideas from the Scientific Revolution being applied to social and political science in what came to be known as the Enlightenment. It was during this time that thinkers began to earnestly question the social structures that had been in place for centuries. One of the first Enlightenment thinkers was François-Marie Arouet, now known as Voltaire. Perhaps his harshest look at contemporary society was his satirical novel Candide, a love story set in 18th century