Lecture Hobbes, Locke and "The state of Nature" and Ch 1

State of Nature

People living without laws nor government

Hobbe’s Idea in the “State of Nature”

believed that the “State of Nature” would lead them into constant competition. He also argued, life would be “solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.” As well, imagined that the worst people would get their way by force and deception.

Locke’s Idea in the “State of Nature”

The founding fathers used his idea because: He Believe that “no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty or possessions.”the state of nature. As well, we have a natural right to punish wrongdoers because we have a right to enforce the natural law, or law of nature.

Government 

The formal institutions through which a land and its people are ruled. It rules in accordance with three political values

Liberty, Equality, and Democracy

Direct Democracy

form of government in which policies and laws are decided by a majority of all those eligible rather than by a body of elected representatives.

Representative Democracy

a system of government where citizens elect representatives to make decisions and pass laws on their behalf.

Oligarchy

a government in which control is exercised by a small group of individuals whose authority generally is based on wealth or power