The Three Purposes of Government The rule of law prevents the United States from breaking out into a mob rule. Order‚ equality‚ and freedom are the three factors that keep our government in order. With everyone in order it creates an equal opportunity for all‚ and with equality comes freedom because everyone would ultimately be the same. The rule of law is crucial for democracy because without it there would be chaos and many people attempting to create their own government defeating the meaning
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Hobbes’ Leviathan and Locke’s Second Treatise of Government comprise critical works in the lexicon of political science theory. Both works expound on the origins and purpose of civil society and government. Hobbes’ and Locke’s writings center on the definition of the "state of nature" and the best means by which a society develops a systemic format from this beginning. The authors hold opposing views as to how man fits into the state of nature and the means by which a government should be formed
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THOMAS HOBBES : ABSOLUTE MONARCHY IS THE BEST GOVERNMENT Thomas Hobbes was an English philosopher who is known by everyone up to this day century for his philosophies about political philosophy. Thomas Hobbes was born on April 5‚ 1588. He was born in Westport‚ near Mamesbury‚ Wiltshire‚ England. He receives his college education at Oxford University in England. Thomas Hobbes was not only a philosopher but he was a political science‚ academician ‚ historian‚ philosopher ‚ and journalist. Leviathan
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The origin of government is traced back to the civilizations existing before centuries—which belonged to ancient Egypt‚ China‚ India or Mexico. Apparently‚ the retrospective governments‚ such as that of the Chinese empires or of England before the 19th century‚ had existed in a form called absolute monarchy‚ in which a king‚ or a queen‚ an emperor possesses the utter might of reigning over a nation without the existence of laws limiting his or her authority. In respect of this tyrannical system‚
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Treatise on Civil Government‚ Locke starts his political discourse with his views of the state of nature. The state of nature‚ as defined by Locke‚ is the state that all humans are naturally in before any political authority arises. Locke’s state of nature might not be the most pleasant state that a human being would wish to be in‚ yet Locke acknowledges that even humans in the state of nature have intrinsic rights. What would another thinker on political theory‚ Thomas Hobbes‚ think about Locke’s
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The Age of Enlightenment saw many great changes in Western Europe. The Age of Enlightenment or simple “the Enlightenment” was an intellectual movement during the 18th century. Its purpose was to reform society and to advance knowledge using reason and the scientific knowledge. It supported scientific thought and opposed superstition with its favorite target being the Catholic Church. The phrase was frequently used by writers of the period itself‚ implying that they were emerging from centuries of
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Aristotle discusses the accumulation‚ evolution‚ and usefulness of money in the form of a common coin. In addition to this‚ there is also a similar discussion of money in John Locke’s Second Treatise of Government. Locke was an English philosopher and physician born in 1632. His Second Treatise of Government is still widely considered one of the most well written pieces of political theory in history. In both of these texts‚ the
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Looking to the science of the day‚ Hobbes determined that there was no soul and attempted to describe human nature as pure mechanics. Human nature was therefore driven by the need to satisfy the physical demands of the body and based on basic passions in life. These are to satisfy physical appetites‚ to seek power to maintain their wealth and to be superior to others by seeking glory. Hobbes saw the state nature as “solitary‚ poor‚ nasty‚ brutish‚ and short." The state of nature is anarchy‚ with
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Thomas Hobbes‚ John Locke and Jean-Jacques Rousseau are three vital political thinkers who have made a distinctive contribution and finest exemplar to the idea on state of nature and the social contract. Prior to the establishment of the social contract‚ men lived in the condition termed as the state of nature. Heywood (2013) defines state of nature as a society without the presence of any political authority and of legal checks on each individual to regulate them. These political thinkers however
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enlightenment‚ John Locke was a British doctor‚ politician‚ and philosopher who believed that people are naturally good and deserve the right to help govern themselves. He also strongly believed in the inalienable rights to life‚ liberty‚ and property- natural rights. This idea of natural rights and that of a direct constitutional democracy have served as a template for many countries’ government systems‚ including the founding documents of the United States. In Locke’s ideal system‚ the government is put
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