DO NOWWrite a few sentences (3-4) on the

quote by Calvin in the previous cartoon:

Do you think human nature is good or evil? Why?

The Social Contract

Thomas Hobbes and

John Locke

Hobbes?

Or Locke?

State of NatureLocke

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 QuestionOne 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 partnerCreate a multiple choice

question you might find on a Regents Exam.