All Social 30-1 Philosophers

Plato

“We are all born with special skills and talents”, but I should not influence things beyond what I am an expert in.
Against voting; dictatorship.

Machiavelli

Fear is better than love to stay in power; stability.
Ends justify the means - good or bad, the success justifies it.

Thomas Hobbes

Humans are inherently evil and selfish. Strong govt, structure.
Cannot have safety and freedom - freedom hurts others, so surrender freedom for safety.
Revolution is NEVER justified.

Edmund Burke

Used Reign of Terror to prove Hobbes was right. Strong monarchy gives structure, order, safety.

John Locke

Humans are inherently goods and rational. Born with natural rights that the govt has to protect. Govt can be overthrown if they don't do so.

Rousseau

Absolute freedom - social contract - we give up self-govt to elect someone with our views in mind. General will - majority - was good.

Voltaire

Free speech - censorship was an element of monarchs.

Montesquieu

Separation of power, as power corrupts - exec, judicial, legislative.

Systems of Checks and Balances to ensure one branch doesn't over power others.

JS Mill

Harm principle - rights extend until they infringe on others rights.

Originally followed Adam Smith, but switched after horrors of indus rev.
Work regulations, progressivism.

Carlyle

Great man theory - history is driven by great men who innovate and push other accomplishments.

Nitzche

Equality for all crushes the spirits of those superior beings, who are sacrificed for overall mediocrity.

Darwin

Evolution - survival of the fittest. Social darwinism - weak countries will be conquered by the strong - war for the sake of war, embraced.

Thomas Malthus

Population will outpace food prod, and the growing gap would lead to disaster/Malthusian Check. Checks created balance for pop and food.

David Ricardo

Don’t interfere - dnot set wages. Set naturally by supply and demand w/ iron law of wages.

Samuel Smiles

Self-help - NO support. If he could make it out, anyone could make it out. Being broke meant you were lazy, character flaw - govt. shouldn’t help, would make it worse.