Andrea Winkler LBST 275 Fall 2014 Rousseau vs. Locke The notion of human life without organized societies refers to the state of nature. In this essay I will discuss the positions of two philosophers, John Locke and Jean Rousseau on the state of nature and where their viewpoints are similar to one another. Based on the readings there seems to be some very apparent differences on the subject or original state of human nature. However, in the end, both Lock and Rousseau seem to agree that human concern
Throughout the Enlightenment, a number of philosophers, namely John Locke, Thomas Hobbes, and Jean Jacques Rousseau, offered their philosophies of the sanctity of the social contract, especially that formed between the government and the governed. Hobbes argued that all ends of the contract must be upheld at all costs in order to avoid a state of nature. Locke, on the other hand, posited that should one end of the contract be broken, then the other party has the right to breach their part and establish
Antoine Simon (1179141) Democracy in Theory and Practice Definitions of Democracy and Theories of Government Having a look through History at the different type of governments which have been used, Democracy, with all its imperfections, seems to be the best that came up so far. The meaning of Democracy hasn't stopped to vary with the time and space and has therefore become a “semantic jungle”1. Originally, the term comes from Greek, it means