LOCKE VS HOBBES – ON THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT Thomas Hobbes 1588 – 1678 England John Locke 1632 - 1704 England.

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LOCKE VS HOBBES – ON THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT Thomas Hobbes 1588 – 1678 England John Locke England

LOCKE VS HOBBES BOOKBOOK Two Treatises on Government (1690) Leviathan (1651)

LOCKE VS HOBBES MOTIVATIONMOTIVATION The Glorious Revolution (bloodless) A positive version of Hobbes Wrote to justify the Glorious Revolution Justify removal of James II Depressed about the beheading of Charles I in the English Civil War (1649) He speculated about the nature of government and man

LOCKE VS HOBBES HUMANSAREBORNHUMANSAREBORN With a “clean slate” Free and equal with 3 natural rights: (from God) Life, Liberty, Property (influences Jefferson) Selfish – Humans are motivated by self- interest and the quest for power Natural law is kill or be killed

LOCKE VS HOBBES FAMOUSQUOTEFAMOUSQUOTE “All mankind... being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty or possessions.” “Without government, life would be solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.”

LOCKE VS HOBBES ROLEOFGOVTROLEOFGOVT Government exists by consent of the governed People agree to be governed if government protects 3 natural rights People can break the contract (revolt) if gov’t violates rights. Humans need an absolute monarchy to keep order

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