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What are thomas hobbes and john Locke's views of the social contract?
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Social contract theory holds that in earliest history man lived in a state of nature. No government existed. Each man was only as secure as his own power and mental awareness could make him. There views would be as pre-enlightenment thinkers.
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The 17th and 18th century philosophers John Locke Jean Jacques Rousseau and Thomas Hobbes supported the Theory of government?
Social Contract
What enlightened contributed the social contract theory of government?
There were three men who are historically linked to social contract theory. They are Thomas Hobbes, john Locke and Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Both Hobbes and Locke were Englishmen.
Who wrote that in a state of nature no government existed and life was cruel brutish and short and believed in the social contract theory?
Thomas Hobbes
Explain thomas hobbes and jonh lockes idea on how the government should function?
Thomas Hobbes (1651) and John Locke (1689) had the idea that the government cannot function as a strong system when power is shared or split between two or more groups.
What did Thomas Hobbes and john Locke both believe?
They both believed that, in a social contract, in which people give up individual freedom to live in an organized society.
Did thomas hobbes write the pamphlet common sense?
no, Thomas Paine did, based on John Lockes theory of the social contract of which originated from Thomas Hobbes'
Which Enlightenment thinker first wrote about the social contract?
Thomas Hobbes
Which philosopher wrote a social contract?
Thomas Hobbes
What was Thomas Hobbes theory?
Social Contract theory
Thomas Hobbes is most closely associated with which principle?
The social contract
Who are the proponents of the theory of social contract?
Thomas Hobbes. English
What enlightenment thinker wrote about the social contract?
Thomas Hobbes
What enlightenment thinker first wrote about the social contract?
Thomas Hobbes
What did Thomas Hobbes believe about social contract?
Thomas hobbes believed that it was human nature to be greedy and that we were to follow to rules given to us by our higher powers. He did not believe in the rights given to us from the idea of the social contract.
The social contract is a concept first introduced by which Enlightenment philosopher?
Thomas Hobbes
What enlightened englishman contributed the social contract theory of government?
There were three men who are historically linked to social contract theory. They are Thomas Hobbes, john Locke and Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Both Hobbes and Locke were Englishmen.
Why Thomas Hobbes is famous?
Hobbes is famous for writing the first fully articulated social contract theory, in his book Leviathan.
