DO NOW Write a few sentences (3-4) on the quote by Calvin in the previous cartoon: Do you think human nature is good or evil? Why?

Thomas Hobbes and John Locke The Social Contract Thomas Hobbes and John Locke

Hobbes? Or Locke?

State of Nature Locke Good Order Born with natural rights and then govt. limits rights Government established to protect rights Hobbes Evil Chaos Freedom exists until govt. is agreed to and then you get rights Government established to create order

What to do? Create a Social Contract The implied agreement by which people group together to form government

John Locke Purpose of government to protect natural rights- life, liberty, and property Natural right to rebel against tyranny Spokesman for revolution and representative govt.(consent of governed) Wrote Second Treatise on Government (1689)

Thomas Hobbes Supported absolute power of monarch/king Ideal state is that with the greatest security Laws created by humans to protect themselves Social contract--king is king and subjects are subjects Wrote Leviathan

Examples in History- Hobbes Absolute Monarchy Nicholas II of Russia Louis XIV of France – the Sun King

Examples in History- Locke American Revolution Declaration of Independence (Thomas Jefferson) French Revolution Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen

Multiple Choice Question One contribution that John Locke made to Enlightenment philosophy was the idea that (1) absolute monarchies should continue (2) the punishment should fit the crime (3) individual rights should be denied (4) governments should be based on the consent of the people

With a partner Create a multiple choice question you might find on a Regents Exam.