Philosophers Flashcards
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Thomas Hobbes
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- people are naturally wicked
- need absolute monarchy
- government protects people from own selfishness and greed
1
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Aristotle
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- Live in moderation with no extremes
- Golden mean
- wants the average middle class citizens to be educated and participate in government
2
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John Locke
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- People able to reason and make good decisions
- Believed in government approved by the people
- social contracts and constitutional monarchy
3
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Mary Wollstonecraft
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- women should participate equally with men in…
- home, civic life, education, business, and government
4
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Plato
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- talent determines proper role in society
- everyone educated and learn to be good citizens
- no democracy but instead an intelligent philosopher-king with absolute power
5
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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- society corrupted natural good of people
- need direct democracy to protect freedom
6
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Baron de Montesquieu
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- separation of powers
- elected body of representatives make laws
- court interprets law
- monarch executes laws
7
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Voltaire
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- organized religion bad and unquestionable
- makes people conditioned, dumb, and intolerant
- freedom of speech, religion, and separate church and state
