Week 2

Question 1

Hume

Answer 1

Experience and observation, empiricist- no regard for theory, knowledge coming from senses and direct experiences. SEE world objectively

Question 2

Kant

Answer 2

Reason has limitations, senses and our a priori judgements that guide us can’t ever see the world objectively bc already has idea

Question 3

Hobbes

Answer 3

Reading off, human nature is naturally competitive. “Perfectly competitive society”. Need strong govt

Question 4

Spencer

Answer 4

Reading off, strongly affected by Darwin, coined “survival of the fittest”. Nature=”pure competition”. Helping poor=bad bc theyre not fit for society. Laissez faire

Question 5

Locke

Answer 5

Individual property rights, unused property=wasting nature, exploit nature. Govt should help us colonize, protect our assets, create monetary economy

Question 6

Mills

Answer 6

Reading off, view of social progress similar to laissez faire,

Question 7

Malthus

Answer 7

Social Darwinist, population growth exceeds resource, social inequality is undesirable but inevitable

Question 8

Kropotkin

Answer 8

Cooperation is equally as important as competition, humans are naturally selfish, competition caused by social growth, Capitalism

Question 9

Rousseau

Answer 9

Reading off, critic of enlightenment, naturally cooperative.