ASSIGNMENT In what ways were both Hobbes and Locke responding to the debate over political authority evident in Charles I’s trial? Use specific quotes from the sources (Hobbes’ Leviathan and Locke’s Second Treatise on Government) and… Correspond the date of their publications to what was happening in the English civil war at the time and […]
Using Adobe Creative Cloud Express, create a presentation or video that explains the political philosophies of Hobbes(Leviathan), Locke(Second Treatise on Government), Rousseau(The Social Contract), and Montesquieu(The Spirit of Laws).
Political philosophies Using Adobe Creative Cloud Express, create a presentation or video that explains the political philosophies of Hobbes(Leviathan), Locke(Second Treatise on Government), Rousseau(The Social Contract), and Montesquieu(The Spirit of Laws). In your presentation or video, explain how their writing impacted the Founding Father’s concept of government. Do not simply copy and paste the thoughts […]
Write a Socratic dialogue (i.e., in the style of Plato’s Crito) in which Aristotle attempts to persuade Hobbes that the fact that humans all pursue their most recent desires and call that “good” does not mean that philosophers cannot identify a rational criterion of “good” in nature.
A chat in the Berkshires Your essay is worth 40 pts graded according to the following rubric: Demonstration of knowledge of the basic positions and views of each figure. (Max 15 points) Application of your understanding of their views in framing how the relevant figure might respond to the challenge of their interlocutor. (Max 15 […]
Comparing and contrasting the political thinking of Machiavellis “The Prince” and Hobbes “Leviathan”. Use only these two works as references
The Political thinking of Machiavelli and Hobbes Comparing and contrasting the political thinking of Machiavellis “The Prince” and Hobbes “Leviathan”. Use only these two works as references,add citations and material from our course literature to it afterwards.
To what extent do Hobbes’s and Locke’s Social contract theories justify each other?
research question: To what extent do Hobbes’s and Locke’s Social contract theories justify each other? combining both points of views makes the ideal society. Use original works of Hobbes and Locke. (leviathan and treatise of government)