1answer.
Ask question
Login Signup
Ask question
All categories
  • English
  • Mathematics
  • Social Studies
  • Business
  • History
  • Health
  • Geography
  • Biology
  • Physics
  • Chemistry
  • Computers and Technology
  • Arts
  • World Languages
  • Spanish
  • French
  • German
  • Advanced Placement (AP)
  • SAT
  • Medicine
  • Law
  • Engineering
Phoenix [80]
2 years ago
13

John Locke thought that people were neither good nor bad innately. How did Hobbes’s views differ from those of Locke’s?

History
1 answer:
Vladimir [108]2 years ago
7 0

Answer:  A) Hobbes thought  people were innately violent.

<u>Further explanation</u>:

Both English philosophers believed there is a "social contract" -- that governments are formed by the will of the people.  But their theories on why people want to live under governments were very different.

Thomas Hobbes published his political theory in <em>Leviathan </em> in 1651, following the chaos and destruction of the English Civil War.  He saw human beings as naturally suspicious of one another, in competition with each other, and violent toward one another as a result.  Forming a government meant giving up personal liberty, but gaining security against what would otherwise be a situation of every person at war with every other person.

John Locke published his <em>Two Treatises on Civil Government </em>in 1690, following the mostly peaceful transition of government power that was the Glorious Revolution in England.  Locke believed people are born as blank slates--with no preexisting knowledge or moral leanings.  Experience then guides them to the knowledge and the best form of life, and they choose to form governments to make life and society better.

In teaching the difference between Hobbes and Locke, I've often put it this way.  If society were playground basketball, Hobbes believed you must have a referee who sets and enforces rules, or else the players will eventually get into heated arguments and bloody fights with one another, because people get nasty in competition that way.   Locke believed you could have an enjoyable game of playground basketball without a referee, but a referee makes the game better because then any disputes that come up between players have a fair way of being resolved.    Of course, Hobbes and Locke never actually wrote about basketball -- a game not invented until 1891 in America by James Naismith.  But it's just an illustration I've used to try to show the difference of ideas between Hobbes and Locke.   :-)

You might be interested in
Explain the recent trends in voter turnout in the United States. What is voter apathy, and what role has it played in recent U.S
sdas [7]
Fvnfdbvjdf,m vknadfjvnkvjuadfkkvc
4 0
3 years ago
Read 2 more answers
At Lincoln Middle School, 7th graders use textbooks to learn about science. What is the textbook?​
kifflom [539]

Answer:

park jimin bts kin taehung

7 0
3 years ago
Read 2 more answers
UJIONI 2<br> Which pre-colombian civilization existed from 250-900 A.D./C.E.?
vladimir1956 [14]

Answer:

The Maya civilization

Explanation:

The Maya civilization which was a Mesoamerican civilization formulated by the Maya peoples. They are recognize for their highly developed way of writing during the era which is the use of logosyllabic script.

This period saw Maya people cultivating some crops which is consumed in large quantities by the people,crop like maize, beans, squashes, and chili peppers. During this period, Development of Maya cities also occur during this era and this includes monumental architecture like Large temples e.t.c.

5 0
3 years ago
Why President Jackson support the preservation of the Union Why?
lana66690 [7]
While Jackson believed in a strict construction of the Constitution and in states' rights, he believed that when the Constitution had delegated power to the federal government, the federal government had to be supreme. Jackson also valued the Union and was not willing to see it compromised or to let it disintegrate.
8 0
2 years ago
Governors in the Roman Republic were most like which government position in the U.S. today
Olegator [25]

Answer:B.senator

Explanation:

6 0
2 years ago
Other questions:
  • What european nation led the way in exploration of the new worlds of north and south america?
    6·1 answer
  • The first labor union in the United States was the
    6·2 answers
  • What is one of the major characteristics of an argumentative thesis?
    5·1 answer
  • You are an adviser to the president, who recently revealed to you and other members of the white house staff that he is consider
    7·1 answer
  • Who believed government should be administered by a group of the best men?
    11·2 answers
  • How did the British East India Company become so powerful and wealthy?
    8·1 answer
  • What were the four main causes of World War I?
    8·2 answers
  • What are two categories of nonviolent protest used in the African American Civil Rights Movement?
    5·1 answer
  • According to Bede, what is true of Ireland?
    6·1 answer
  • What led to the end of open range
    6·1 answer
Add answer
Login
Not registered? Fast signup
Signup
Login Signup
Ask question!