Channel: Tom Richey

Category: Education

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Description: Subscribe to Korczyk's Class: youtube.com/channel/UCjPX6GE9CKFm7feaRyUPXZw Hobbes vs. Locke: youtube.com/watch?v=N2LVcu01QEU The social contract theories of Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, and Jean-Jaques Rousseu were firmly rooted in their differing views about human nature. Hobbes, who advocated for a strong absolute monarchy, began with the belief that human beings were naturally contentious and prone to destroy one another without a strong sovereign over them. John Locke believe in tabula rasa theory, meaning that humans are not predisposed toward any set way of behaving toward each other. Humans come with a blank slate and no prior programming. In light of this, his social contract theory based on natural rights is something that works. Humans can be governed by a contract and still retain some of their rights. Rousseau believed that humans are naturally compassionate and are not prone to harm one another. His social contract theory based on the General Will is rooted in this idea that since an individual is benevolent, so much a large group.