Enlightenment

Thomas Hobbes:

View on human nature: every man for himself and humans are nasty, brutish, and short tempered.

Role in government: believed that people had to accept the government and if they didn't like it they couldn't overthrow it. They had to deal with it.

Type government: absolute

John Locke:

View on human nature: keep society in order, people had a the right to free speech and to rebel

Role in government: to support the people and respect their ideas

Type government: constitutional monarchy

 

2) John Locke social contract: idea that humans have made an agreement with their government and the people have set up their own rules and responsibilities.

 

John Locke tabula rasa: theory that humans aren't born with self actualitaztionvbut aquire it from experience

 

3) King Abdullah is the the modern day Thomas Hobbes because they were both set on having absolute power over people and think that they can't over throw their power.

 

A modern day John Locke is Barack Obama. They both have the same qualities of wanting to put the people into everything. They care about what the people think.

 

 

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