Origins of the State. Force Theory A strong person or group controlled an area forced all within it to submit to their rule That rule established population,

Slides:



Advertisements
Similar presentations
Government s are the product of human needs and experiences.
Advertisements

How does government affect your daily life?
Why Government?. Answer in small groups: What do you think? What is human nature? What would life be like without a government? What minimum functions.
Aim: How do we examine the purpose of government?
Government.
Basic Introduction to key terms
John Locke Enlightenment Thinker Do you Know?. John Locke Enlightenment Thinker Do you Know? 1. Other name for Enlightenment.
Hobbes’ Leviathan.
How did Governments begin?
People of the Enlightenment -1600s & 1700s
Hobbes and the Leviathan
What would life be like in the State of Nature? Would people generally be good to each other or bad to each other? Would people generally be good to each.
Why Government?. Answer in small groups: What do you think? What is human nature? What would life be like without a government? What minimum functions.
Why Government?. Answer in small groups: What do you think? What is human nature? What would life be like without a government? What minimum functions.
Politics: Who Gets What, and How?
Ideas About Government
People of the Enlightenment -1600s & 1700s Locke Hobbes Montesquieu Rousseau Voltaire Name From Wrote Main Ideas.
The Enlightenment.
Chapter 17, Section 1. Question---Your Bellringer  How do you think the Scientific Revolution might have transformed how people looked at the events.
CHAPTER 1 PRINCIPLES OF GOVERNMENT CH. 1 GOVERNMENT AND THE STATE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT.
Government and the State. What is Government A government is made up of those people who exercise its powers, all those who have authority and control.
What set of circumstances brought the State? 4 different theories coming your way!!
What would your life be like if, from an early age, you were free to do as you wish without parental oversight? How would your life be different? How would.
Unit 1: Principles of Government. What do we already know?
Chapter 1 The Economic Way of Thinking. John Stuart Mill (1806 – 1873), On Liberty “The worst offence of this kind which can be committed by a polemic,
Enlightenment Philosophers. What was the Enlightenment New ideas in government and politics People begin questioning the need for all powerful kings Can.
Origins of the State.
Thomas Hobbes vs. John Locke. Thomas Hobbes All humans are naturally selfish and wicked.
4 Theories that explain The origins of the state.
Government and the State Chapter 1, Section 1. What is Government? Government – the institution through which a society makes and enforces its public.
Hobbes and the Leviathan 3 September Conflict Responses to the problem of conflict –Thucydides –Classical political philosophy –Medieval just war.
4 Theories: Force Evolutionary Divine Right Social Contract
Do Now What form of government do you believe America took after and why?
FOUR THEORIES OF GOVERNMENT FORCE DIVINE RIGHT SOCIAL CONTRACT EVOLUTIONARY 1F. Armstrong - Theories of Government.
Chapter 1-Section 1 (pg. 7-9)
The Origins of the State Modern Political and Economic systems.
Realism Variants: Neorealism, Structural Realism, Mercantilism (in IPE)
Chapter 1: Foundations of Government Government provides the framework and institutions through which decisions are made for the well-being of a group.
Political Landscape Why do we need government? Where did our Founding Father’s get their “enlightened” ideas? American culture today, the changing characteristics.
OUTCOME: SWBAT RECALL THE CHARACTERISTICS OF STATES AND THEORIES OF GOVERNMENT EXAMINE THE PURPOSES OF AMERICAN GOVERNMENT KECSSMS. MURREN ECONOMICS 2/17/12.
Colonial America. How did the colonies govern themselves? Developed their own systems Two dozen separate colonies in British America Largely based on.
Government and the State. What is Government Government is the institution through which a society makes and enforces its public policies Public Policies.
ENLIGHTENMENT  During the Enlightenment Period many ideas that influenced the Framers of the United States Government developed. These ideas are seen.
Realism Variants: Neorealism, Structural Realism, Mercantilism (in IPE)
What is Government?  Government is the institution through which a society makes and enforces it’s public policies.  It is made up of those people who.
Introduction to Politics and International Studies Tobias Müller, Department of Politics and International Studies.
Political Philosophies. How States Arose For centuries, historians, philosophers, and others have pondered the question of the origin of the state. What.
Political theory and law
The 4 Theories of Government
Introduction to Ethical Theory
Government and State.
The Impact of Key Philosophers
Thomas Hobbes Lester Arguello, Lucas Gordon-Vera, Zoe Reshoft, Ryan Wong, and Ethan Dooley.
Locke v Hobbes.
Chapter 1-Section 1 (pg. 7-9)
For centuries, political historians have theorized about the origin of the state and government
Origins of the State & Types of Governments
Government and the State
Government and the State
Creation of State: 4 Theories
Origins of the State The Four theories.
The Enlightenment for Geniuses
Chapter 1-Section 1 (pg. 5-9)
Warmup 2/5 Translate this into simple English:
For centuries, political historians have theorized about the origin of the state and government
Origins of a State.
Philosophy in the Age of Reason
FOUNDATIONS OF GOVERNMENT
Principles of Government
Thomas Hobbes Leviathan.
Presentation transcript:

Origins of the State

Force Theory A strong person or group controlled an area forced all within it to submit to their rule That rule established population, territory, sovereignty, and government How would a person or group gain control of an area?

Evolutionary Theory Primitive family where one person was the head and therefore the “government” was the beginning of the state Nuclear families became extended families and eventually a clan Clans became tribes and when they settled onto a defined territory-the state was born Why did humans begin to settle into defined territories?

Divine Right Theory Accepted in the West from the 15 th to the 18 th centuries Belief that God invented the state & gave certain people through birth a “divine right” to rule To disobey the ruler was treason and was going against God’s will Divine right was also practiced in China, Egypt, Central and South America and Japan

Social Contract Theory Developed in the 17 th and 18 th centuries Hobbes- People had complete freedom, but individuals were only as safe as their physical strength and intelligence could make them Individuals agreed to give up some of their freedoms to protect themselves and each other Theories of Locke, Hobbes, and Rousseau were used by our founding fathers in the creation of the United States

Hobbes Leviathan Discusses the need for government “In such condition, there is no place for industry; because the fruit thereof is uncertain: and consequently no culture of the earth; no navigation, nor use of the commodities that may be imported by sea; no commodious building; no instruments of moving, and removing, such things as require much force; no knowledge of the face of the earth; no account of time; no arts; no letters; no society; and which is worst of all, continual fear, and danger of violent death; and the life of man, solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.” Do you agree with Hobbes? Do we need government?

Locke Open your book to Page 11 and complete the reading and questions

Rousseau The Social Contract "Man was born free, and he is everywhere in chains. Those who think themselves the masters of others are indeed greater slaves than they." What does this quote mean to you?