Kimberley Locke

discovery of art and science in the Renaissance and from the questioning of power that happened in the Protestant Reformation and to be used from philosophical rationalists like Baruch Spinoza and Rene Descartes, and political philosophers like John Locke, Thomas Hobbes, and Pierre Bayle from France. In their own similar ways to each other creating new ideas and discoveries in art and science and the spirit of cultural relativism motivation from conquering countries outside of Europe. The enlightenment

Many philosophers have written arguments advocating for all types of property rights ranging from private to communal and for a varying array of reasons.Personally, I feel Schmidtz has the most compelling argument surrounding property rights. He argues for private property rights. According to Schmidtz when property does not have an owner and instead belongs to the commons, there is no way to protect that resource. Schmidtz provides the example of fishing using destructive methods. In certain countries

state of nature. He states, "But though this be a state of liberty, yet it is not a state of license (6)." This means that while humans do not have the right to destroy other individuals, they also do not have the right to destroy themselves either. Locke provides a detailed justification for this. The state of nature is governed by a law, which creates obligations for all existing human beings.

John Locke approaches his theories about property as a liberalist. Locke believes that initially, the state of nature was characterized by human kind tolerance and reason towards property acquisition and ownership. Under this state of nature, no individual could harm another individual in terms of possession of natural resources. Locke holds the view that there existed a social contract between nature and the state. In protecting its people, the state was guided by the law of nature. Locke contribution

?”. The art which Rousseau is referring to is government and its practices that enables state coercion to be legitimate, “Laws”. Rousseau believes that man in the state of nature was without conflict and that modernization is responsible for human’s unrest. He denies that a legitimate, political authority can be found in the state of nature. He went further to argue that government attains its right to exist and to govern by “the citizens of the state.” He spoke of the ‘general will’ and how the

1. Brittany collins 9/17/15 Mr. Adams 2.01 revolutionary ideas 2. Well to begin the overview of the structure of the declaration of independent is that the document has three main parts. The purpose of it was the issues of creating a new government and obtaining their independent. But as you can see that is the purpose and structure of the independent. 3. Next. The popular sovereignty is the idea that people are the source of authority and power in the government.’’ He has dissolved representative

amount of their freedom to ensure order, safety, security and peace. According to Bertram (2010), Rousseau pointed out that rational beings consent to have a government in order for them to have a richer and more orderly life than would otherwise be possible. Therefore, it would be unethical for individual citizens to ignore the governmental requirement for people to use seat belts in their vehicles. Adhering to seat belt laws is important for individuals not only in improving drivers and travelers

interest. During the 17th and 18th century philosophers such as John Locke, Voltaire, and Adam Smith were well known. These three are known for their ways of thinking and how they affected the government which we live in today. They all learned from their surroundings and how nature had patterns that they can apply to government and economics. They all used two skills, using a combination of observations and clear head reasoning. John Locke was born in a monarchy and believed in human equality.

“Good sense is the best shared-out thing in the world;” (FTNT 2). In his Discourse on Method, Rene Descartes becomes one of the first philosophers of the early modern age to lay out some of the key aspects that would later come to define the Scientific Revolution. Much like the religious revolution, brought about by the Protestant Reformation, that ultimately forced a general paradigm shift and radical worldview change in European society, the intellectual or Scientific Revolution of the seventeenth

Understanding”. Within his work he discussed an array of philosophically troubling issues such as the relation that the body and mind share, the nature of consciousness, and the effect of time on human life. These and countless other topics that Locke covered have been extremely influential in modern