Unit 3 Philosophers Flashcards
Wrote the Leviathan
Thomas Hobbes
Idea that people were selfish and wicked and therefore were unable to govern themselves
Thomas Hobbes
Argued people needed an absolute ruler therefore they had to give over their rights to the ruler “social contract”
Thomas Hobbes
Wrote two treatises on government
John Locke
Idea that governments responsibility was to protect its citizens natural rights
John Locke
“Life, Liberty, Property”
John Locke
Influences the Declaration of Independence
John Locke
wrote Spirit Of Law
Montesquieu
Idea of separation of powers w/checks and balances is best government
Montesquieu
Legislative, Executive, & Judicial branches
Montesquieu
Advocated for religious tolerance
Voltaire
Proposed/practice separation of Church & State
Voltaire
No discrimination of government based on religion
Voltaire
Wrote “The Social Contract”
John-Jacques Rousseau
People of country agreed to be governed by general will
John-Jacques Rousseau
