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Student's Name: Professor: Subject: Date: Comparisons of Hobbes' and Locke's philosophical work. Hobbes is a political philosopher who is popular for his thoughts on politics. He gives powerful opinions on various topics such as the state of nature and the civil society. He emphasizes that people ought to ensure that they obey an unaccountable sovereign and that the state of nature is almost similar to civil war. Locke on the other hand has distinct ideas in political philosophy that are different from those of Hobbes. He asserts that the government needs to be limited to ensuring things. One major difference is that Hobbes claims that individuals only think about their own interests while Locke claims that human beings use reason for judgment hence are moral beings. People are not obligated to each other and the law limits the rights of individuals according to Hobbes while Locke does not consider a world without political power. The major comparison between the two philosopher's work is internal consistency. Works Cited Hobbes Thomas. Leviathan. Richard Tuck (ed.) Cambridge University Press 2005; UK. Locke John. Two Treatises of Government. Peter Laslett (ed.) Cambridge University Press 2005; UK. [...]
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Compare and contrast Hobbes's and Locke's rationale for Man's willingness to leave the state of nature and enter into the kind of social contract each presents. Please be specific. Keywords: human nature, state of nature, reason, natural law, natural rights, freedom, inconveniences, property, civil society, consent, security, and sovereignty. You are expected to demonstrate an understanding of the theorists and concepts. Your essay should be at least the equivalent of one double-spaced page and no more than two double-spaces pages. Your essay MUST contain parenthetical citations from sources provided. www.iep.utm.edu (Sections 5(a) (b) (c). 4 is optional) plato.stanford.edu (sections 2-9) www.gutenberg.org (second treatise of government) www.iep.utm.edu (section 2B) www.iep.utm.edu (Sections 6a, State of Nature, and 6e) plato.stanford.edu (section 4) www.iep.utm.edu (section 5)
Subject Area: Philosophy
Document Type: Reports
