aim: how can we gain an understanding of the political beliefs of hobbes and locke? do now: write a...
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Aim: How can we gain an understanding of the political beliefs of Hobbes and Locke?
Do Now:Write a summary of the political views of Plato
and Aristotle from the notes/chart that you created yesterday. Make sure to include at least 2 details from each philosopher.
VOCABULARY
• Thomas Hobbes• John Locke• Constitution• Declaration of Independence• Enlightenment• natural rights• separation of powers• social contract
Thomas Hobbes
• English philosopher believed that an absolute monarch could best keep the “social contract.”
John Locke
• English philosopher who argued governments are created to protect our “natural rights” of life, liberty and property.
Questions
• Biography: Where was the philosopher born? What was his upbringing? What was his job? Where did he study? What book(s) did he write?
• • Philosophical Ideas: Did this political thinker think people could govern themselves? Is humankind basically good or bad? What, if any, are the underlining ideas behind this person’s thinking?
• • Beliefs in government: What did this thinker believe is the best form of government? Did this thinker contribute any new political ideas?