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]
3 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]3 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
What sea going vessel was not present on the day of the attack that later proved to be the most important in the fight against t
vredina [299]

Answer: The Pacific Fleet Aircraft Carriers

Explanation: They were not at Pearl Harbor when the Japanese attacked and as a result they ended up being the centerpiece for the war.  The aircraft carriers were in some ways more important than the battleships.

4 0
3 years ago
Why is history open to ongoing and changing interpretations
Darina [25.2K]
Because History has many secrets and everyday historians are finding out more about history than we could have ever imagined. plus history is always changing so there is always gonna be something new thatsomeone could learn from history
7 0
3 years ago
Why did Andrew Jackson oppose the national bank
Andru [333]
He opposed it because he felt that it made the rich get richer and since he  favored the common people and felt that it wasn't fair toward the common people .
8 0
3 years ago
Read 2 more answers
The Man Who Rigged America's Election Maps
geniusboy [140]
Car go honk honk. Car go skrrttt
3 0
2 years ago
An officer who illegally detains a citizen because the citizen was disrespectful
uranmaximum [27]

An officer who illegally detains a citizen because the citizen was disrespectful can be sued for malicious prosecution is true

3 0
3 years ago
Other questions:
  • Read the section titled "factors affecting population density." how do resources and climates affect population density?
    12·1 answer
  • What’s the major reason for all of the native american uprisings
    5·1 answer
  • Acceleration will only speed up an object. true or false
    8·2 answers
  • All of the following were effects of Reformation efforts EXCEPT:
    15·1 answer
  • Australia was the first country <br>A No<br>B Yes<br>C Maybe​
    10·1 answer
  • This is ruling family whose members govern one after another over a long period of time
    12·1 answer
  • What does western world represent?
    11·2 answers
  • What political system developed in Greece gave the power to the people?
    7·1 answer
  • Which of the following estates paid the most in taxes to the French government?
    12·1 answer
  • How does not having an education affect the economy of South Sudan
    8·1 answer
Add answer
Login
Not registered? Fast signup
Signup
Login Signup
Ask question!