GOVERNMENT

ABBREVIATIONS

• S.O.N. - Man in a State Of Nature
• I.F.G - Ideal Form of Government
• W.I.C.? - What is the Social Contract?
• (All under opinion of each Philosopher)

Thomas Hobbes

S.O.N.- NO Government
(Anarchy

I.F.G.-Favor of Totaltarianism, absolute power of the state

W.I.C.?- That the people mutually agreed to create a state, only giving it enough power to provide protection of their well-being.

John Locke

S.O.N.- Man is bound by natural law, property is the source of inequality.

I.F.G- Limited Government & Popular Sovereignty

W.I.C.?- Government created to serve its subjects, cannot violate natural law, right of revolution.

Jean Jacques Rousseau

S.O.N.- Man is born good, corrupted through society.

I.F.G.- Lead by majority rule,NO limited government.

W.I.C.?- Agree to be bound by the will of all. Government created under the submission of the people.

Quotes

"It is not wisdom but authority that makes a law." - Hobbes
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"Where there is no property, there is no injustice." - Locke
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"Man is born free and everywhere he is in chains." - Rousseau
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