Noted by Franklin (1978‚ pp9)‚ since the start of English civil war‚ the attempts to combine king’s authority and the right of resistance had come into question. During this one of most transformative period in English history‚ Locke offers his opinion and provides an adequate solution to sovereignty resistance for all citizens (Franklin‚ ibid‚ pp10). This essay will introduce Locke’s definition of the state of nature and the law of nature‚ and describe how it would influence the creation of a social
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John Locke was born on August 29‚ 1632‚ in Warington‚ a village in Somerset‚ England. In 1646 he went to Westminster school‚ and in 1652 to Christ Church in Oxford. In 1659 he was elected to a senior studentship‚ and tutored at the college for a number of years. Still‚ contrary to the curriculum‚ he complained that he would rather be studying Descartes than Aristotle. In 1666 he declined an offer of preferment‚ although he thought at one time of taking up clerical work. In 1668 he was elected a fellow
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Constitution because they believed it would bring a strong central government‚ which they absolutely did not like. Anti Federalist believed that a strong central government would bring tyranny and violate the citizen’s natural rights. One of the biggest objections the Anti federalists had towards the Constitution was the Elastic clause. Said clause stated that the government was able to do anything that’s“ necessary and proper” to protect the nation. The Anti Feds viewed this as giving the government boundless
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an idea put forward by John Locke suggesting‚ “Personal Identity is constituted by (genuine) memory-relations” proposing the view that personal identity consists over time in relations of our memory. In relation to Gretchen’s Challenge this means that Gretchen will survive so long as future person-stages are linked to her past and present person-stages through links of (genuine) memory‚ in which person-stages are periods of mental activity and/or consciousness . Locke argues that living organisms
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First‚ I explore John Locke’s conception of substance. After‚ I argue that Locke’s theory of substance is necessary for his theory of identity‚ and therefore philosophically vital for Locke’s ethical and political theories. I consider objections to Locke‚ but ultimately defend Locke’s theory of substance and its primacy in Locke’s overall philosophy through a different interpretive approach. Locke’s Substrata: John Locke’s doctrine of substratum—a metaphysical theory that posits that
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of nature by Hobbes and Rousseau and how these portrayals are reflected in their political theories. Thomas Hobbes and Jean-Jacques Rousseau were philosophers of the mid 17th and mid 18th centuries respectively and proposed two political theories - in “Leviathan” (Hobbes‚ 1651)‚ “The Second Discourse” (Rousseau‚ 1755) and the “Social Contract” (Rousseau‚ 1762) - that were very different but that once analysed‚ could be argued to have common characteristics and goals. Both Hobbes and Rousseau
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Thomas Hobbes‚ the son of an English vicar in the late 16th Century‚ approaches the questions of politics and human nature in a unique way‚ but there are definite similarities between his work and the work of earlier philosophers. Hobbes’ political theory coincides with the political theory of Niccolò Machiavelli‚ and yet differs in the theory of virtù. Hobbes follows Machiavelli in some important aspects of political theory‚ and yet expands upon or discards Machiavelli’s ideas in other important
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Machiavelli and Hobbes To be successful‚ one must have the appearance of virtuousness‚ but not necessarily be virtuous. At least‚ this appears to be true according to Niccolo Machiavelli’s works. Machiavelli’s idea of the virtuous republican citizen may be compared to Hobbes’ idea of a person who properly understands the nature and basis of sovereign political power. Hobbes’ ideas seem to suggest that most anyone can claim rightful authority as there is a belief in God‚ and one can under Hobbes‚ claim
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theorists that had very strong views on the social contract were Thomas Hobbes and Immanuel Kant. Although both of these theorists believed in a social contract they both had different views on what it exactly meant. Hobbes was a different kind of philosopher that had a very pessimistic view on humanity. In Hobbes’ book the Leviathan‚ he believed that humans were naturally nasty creatures and needed to be regulated in a society. For Hobbes one thing he also believed in was Utilitarianism‚ which is the desire
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