Essays 1 - 30
In six pages this report discusses the social contract theory in a consideration of how the state concept came into being with Joh...
would Hobbes be accepted in todays world? Would he fit in at all? These and other questions loom large. Still, each in their own w...
a result, then, human action falls under the same "mechanized" process; specific desires occur in the human body and reveal themse...
the government have the right to act? By what measure can one say that an existing government is a rightful one? Hobbess...
In five pages this paper examines the views of Jean Jacques Rousseau and Thomas Hobbes in a comparison of their social contract th...
In five pages this report contrasts Machiavelli's social opposition theory with the perspectives of political theorists Thomas Hob...
In six pages Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes and Second Treatise of Civil Government by John Locke are discussed in an examination of h...
In seven pages this paper examines the social contract in concept and incorporates the philosophical views of Thomas Hobbes and Jo...
Divisibility and positivism are examined in a report of two pages that discusses the disagreement points between Thomas Hobbes' an...
it becomes abundantly clear that "liberalism" of their day and their perception was significantly different from the ways in which...
is the part of a wise man to believe them no further than right reason makes that which they say appear credible." In other words...
In twelve pages this paper examines man's nature in a contrast and comparison of Second Treatise of Civil Government by John Locke...
In twelve pages the sovereignty issue is examined within the context of the theories of Thomas Hobbes and John Locke and the effec...
the same species and rank, promiscuously born to all the same advantages of nature, and the use of the same faculties, should also...
country in terms of routine items such as traffic and violent crime and international relations. It would create a strong national...
of his better known works "The Social Contract", he discusses issues involved in radical or republican thought regarding the human...
There would be less alienation, according to Marx. For Marx, Communism would be equated with freedom, despite the fact that for mo...
In fifteen pages this paper examines the intention of philosophy from a historical perspective that includes consideration of phil...
In eight pages this paper contrasts and compares The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli and the Social Contract of John Locke in a cons...
In ten pages this paper discusses the fool's argument, the personal contract, the prisoner's dilemma, and the assurance game as pe...
In seven pages this paper discusses private property in a discussion of social contract theory, the views of Rousseau, Hobbes, and...
This is particularly true for Jefferson verses Madison and Hobbes verses Locke. Despite their differences in philosophies, ...
himself how to act in every given circumstance; in addition, each person would be "judge, jury and executioner" of any disputes th...
This paper examines human society organization in this overview of social institutions, pluralism and elitism differences, case an...
or values. It is by understanding leadership and its influences that the way leadership may be encouraged and developed in the con...
In seven pages this paper examines how Thomas Hobbes' writings were influenced by Francis Bacon....
same time that other men pursue the same desires (Hobbes 185). The development of enemies comes from this course of natural compe...
a familiar kind of Socratic dialogue about justice, just as the Euthyphro is about piety and the Meno is about virtue. The Republi...
Thomas Hobbes Leviathan, and John Locke in his Second Treatise on Government (Hobbes and See Also Thomas Hobbes Leviathan 1651, 2...
In twenty pages this paper discusses John Locke's life and British political influence with such topics as the social contract and...