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This had the side effect of producing two of the brightest political minds in the English philosophical tradition: Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) and John Locke (1632-1704). Hobbes and Locke each stood on fundamentally opposing corners in their debate on what made the most effective form of government for society.
- Overview
- Objectives
- Prerequisite Knowledge
- Module Introduction: Human Nature, Good Or Bad?
- Student Primary Source Work: The Political Philosophies of Hobbes and Locke
- References
- Note
Thomas Hobbes (April 5, 1588–December 4, 1679) and John Locke (August 29, 1632–October 28, 1704), although in agreement in some of their assertions about human nature and the need for government, held radically different perspectives about the ability of people to govern themselves. A number of American founders, familiar with both political philos...
Students will: Identify Thomas Hobbes’s and John Locke’s contributions to the English Enlightenment. Compare and contrast their beliefs about the state of nature, the best type of government, and the nature of the social contract. Explain the concepts of popular sovereignty, consent of the governed, and the social contract, and how these concepts i...
The module was written to enable students to have contextual knowledge for understanding the creation of the American political system. The assumption is that students will have no prior knowledge of Hobbes and Locke. Basic understanding of terms and concepts such as sovereignty, consent, order, and liberty is assumed.
This introduction to the module is intended for students to understand that political thought and often action are predicated in part on the individual’s perspective about human nature. Generally, Hobbes had a somewhat negative view of human nature, while Locke’s perspective on human nature was more positive. Upon entering the classroom, students a...
Introduce students to the political thought of Hobbes and Locke through succinctly describing basic biographical information about each man and the major event(s) that influenced their respective perspectives on government (estimated time, five to eight minutes). Hobbes: For Hobbes, the English Civil War significantly shaped his worldview. In respo...
Yale National Initiative: Thomas Hobbes and John Locke and Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: John Locke. Primary source excerpts: Hobbes’s Leviathan and Locke’s Second Treatise on Government Before distribution of the primary source documents, the following additional contextual comment (or something similar) might be needed: Hobbes and Locke al...
All primary source materials and accompanying questions are included in Appendix 1 and available at this link. After students finish reading and answering the Hobbes document, solicit student responses to the Hobbes portion of the question sheet first, correcting or expanding/simplifying answers as needed (estimated time, five to eight minutes). Au...
May 5, 2010 · Summary. James II undoubtedly benefited at first from both the Hobbesian anxieties and attitudes generated in the first half of the 1680s. At the level of propaganda, the Tory view of Hobbes as the patron of sedition could be wheeled out to condemn opposition.
- Jon Parkin
- 2007
new interpretation, John Locke's Second treatise of government misled historians and even some contemporaries into believing that parliament deposed James II for breaking the original contract between sovereign and people.
Also see John Somer's complaint to Locke in a letter of 25 September 1689 that ‘some few Clergymen who have not taken the Oaths, and some that have, and a very little party of such as pay them a blind obedience, use incredible diligence, by misconstructions of every thing, false stories, and spreading libells to infect the people.
- James Farr, Clayton Roberts
- 1985
1651. Hobbes publishes Leviathan. 1688. Glorious Revolution unseats James II, installs William and Mary. 1689. English Bill of Rights drafted. 1690. Locke publishes Essay Concerning Human Understanding and Two Treatises of Government. Key People. Thomas Hobbes.
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Feb 12, 2002 · The 17 th Century English philosopher Thomas Hobbes is now widely regarded as one of a handful of truly great political philosophers, whose masterwork Leviathan rivals in significance the political writings of Plato, Aristotle, Locke, Rousseau, Kant, and Rawls.
