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Liberal Democratic and Radical Political Schools of Thought Compared

of his better known works "The Social Contract", he discusses issues involved in radical or republican thought regarding the human...

Necessity of Government

country in terms of routine items such as traffic and violent crime and international relations. It would create a strong national...

Good and Evil Morality Concepts

to allow him to survive. Pojman draws a distinction between ethics (or morality), on the one hand, and etiquette, law, and religio...

The Western Tradition of Psychology

Psychiatry is a relatively new discipline yet its roots can be traced back to philosophers such...

Comparative Analysis of John Locke's and Thomas Hobbes' Theories

the same species and rank, promiscuously born to all the same advantages of nature, and the use of the same faculties, should also...

The Idea of Security as Thomas Hobbes Would Have Seen It

This 10 page paper explores how Thomas Hobbes ideas might be applied to the problem of modern security. The bibliography lists 4 s...

Inevitability of War

In fourteen pages Of the First and Second Natural Laws, and of Contracts by Thomas Hobbes is referenced in this overview of war's...

Historical Context Regarding Philosophy's Intent

In fifteen pages this paper examines the intention of philosophy from a historical perspective that includes consideration of phil...

Primitive Cultures in Documentaries Cannibal Tours, Onka's Big Moka, and Dead Birds

In six pages this paper discusses human nature's dark side as revealed in this trio of primitive culture documentaries....

Society and the Individual from a Philosophical Perspective

In four pages this report considers Plato and Thomas Hobbes in a philosophical discussion of the connection between society and th...

A Sovereign Philosophical View

In twenty pages the relationship that exists between natural law ans sovereignty is examined through such philosophical perspectiv...

Thomas Hobbes on War's Inevitability

This topic is discussed within the context of the book Of the First and Second Natural Laws, and of Contracts by Thomas Hobbes in...

Sovereignty and Issue of a Central Government of the United States in the 18th Century

In twelve pages the sovereignty issue is examined within the context of the theories of Thomas Hobbes and John Locke and the effec...

Community and the Possession of Private Arms

In ten pages this paper considers the right to bear arms in America in a discussion of community with a comparison of the philosop...

Political Philosophy Debate on the Abuse of Authority

In this paper consisting of seven pages a better understanding of such abuses as Amadou Diallo's murder by NYPD officers is provid...

Thomas Hobbes and Sigmund Freud on Gun Control

In five pages this paper examines what Sigmund Freud and Thomas Hobbes would have to say about gun control in light of the tragic ...

Benjamin Franklin on the Relationship Between Society and Self

In eleven pages this paper considers Benjamin Franklin's perspectives on society and self in comparison with the views of Thomas H...

Social Contract Theory and John Locke

In five pages this paper examines the views of Jean Jacques Rousseau and Thomas Hobbes in a comparison of their social contract th...

Community, Rousseau, and Hobbes

In five pages this paper examines the philosophies of Thomas Hobbes and Jean Jacques Rousseau in a consideration of community and ...

Limited or Absolute Power in the Monarchy

In five pages this paper discusses the absolute power represented by France's Louis the Fourteenth and Thomas Hobbes' limited powe...

Thomas Hobbes' and John Locke's Views and the 'Opposing Appetites' of Niccolo Machiavelli

In five pages this report contrasts Machiavelli's social opposition theory with the perspectives of political theorists Thomas Hob...

An Analysis of Birth of the Leviathan by Thomas Ertman

The author of this paper discusses French absolutism and parliament and its influence. This paper has ten pages and one source li...

Thesis of Divisibility

In five pages political and scientific philosophies are both considered in an examination of divinity with the perspectives of Tho...

Divisibility, John Locke, and Thomas Hobbes

In five pages this paper discusses divisibility in a comparative analysis of the philosophies of Thomas Hobbes and John Locke. Fo...

John Locke, Thomas Hobbes, and the Social Contract

In seven pages this paper examines the social contract in concept and incorporates the philosophical views of Thomas Hobbes and Jo...

Disciples of John Locke and Thomas Hobbes and Their Disagreements

Divisibility and positivism are examined in a report of two pages that discusses the disagreement points between Thomas Hobbes' an...

Philosophical Empiricism and Rationalism

In two pages this report examines the Empiricism characterized by the philosophies of Thomas Hobbes and John Locke and the rationa...

Philosophy and Presidential Candidates

In five pages this paper discusses how presidential candidates can each be connected in some way with the philosophies of Jean Jac...

Politics and Self Interest

In eight pages this paper examines the concepts of Niccolo Machiavelli, Thomas Hobbes, and John Locke as they relate to politics a...

New World According to John Locke and Thomas Hobbes

a result, then, human action falls under the same "mechanized" process; specific desires occur in the human body and reveal themse...