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
Musya8 [376]
3 years ago
10

What events unfluenced thomas hobbes and john locke to come up with different theories about natural law? What natural law did e

ach purpose.
History
1 answer:
Anastaziya [24]3 years ago
4 0

Short answer:  

  • Thomas Hobbes was influenced by the events of the English Civil War.  John Locke was influenced by the change of government seen in the Glorious Revolution in England a few decades later.
  • By "theories about natural law," I'm thinking you are referring to their differing views on what they called the "state of nature."  Hobbes believed human beings in the state of nature (governed by natural leanings rather than an organized government) was chaotic and dangerous and violent.  Locke believed the state of nature for humanity was a neutral condition, and that experience could teach us the best ways to live according to reason.

Further detail:

Thomas Hobbes published his political theory in <em>Leviathan</em>  in 1651, following the chaos and destruction of the English Civil War.  He saw the natural state of  human beings as one in which persons were naturally suspicious of one another, in competition with each other, and acted with evil and violence 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.


You might be interested in
How did Otto I become powerful? by choosing the next pope by conquering vast areas of land by appointing supportive bishops by b
ivanzaharov [21]

Answer

by appointing supportive bishops

Explanation

Otto was a holy Emperor who was the most powerful western European ruler after Charlemagne. He organized a strong German state and expanded his authority over Burgundy and Italy.He is best known for transforming the Roman Catholic in Germany for the purpose of strengthening royal authority and subjected its clergy to his personal control.Otto became very powerful when he appointed supportive bishops. This is because they supported him.

6 0
4 years ago
Read 2 more answers
Why did Spain close the lower Mississippi River to American shipping in 1784
kakasveta [241]

Spain closed the lower Mississippi River to American trade because if American relations with Great Britain were poor, affairs with Spain were worse. Spain, which held Florida as well as lands west of the Mississippi River, was anxious to halt American expansion into the territory it claimed. As a result, Spain closed the lower Mississippi River to American shipping in 1784.

5 0
3 years ago
Read 2 more answers
What were the tensions between Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson that led to the 1st political parties?
son4ous [18]

Jefferson thought a strong central government would infringe on the rights of the people, while Hamilton believed that the central government needed to be strong to protect the rights of all.
8 0
4 years ago
All of the following was part of Roosevelt's progressive agenda EXCEPT
Rashid [163]

Answer:

farmers

Explanation:

The Interstate Commerce Act of 1887 was passed by President Grover Cleveland. This law was intended to regulate the transport of goods through railway industries. Under this law, rail industries were required to set fair tariffs for the transport of goods without discriminating prices for smaller markets that shipped less freight, and they had to disclose tariffs that were to be fair and reasonable.

Farmers became very supportive of this regulation, as it reduced spending on the transportation of agricultural products and tools, as well as favoring small farmers.

7 0
3 years ago
A_______ character is one who changes and grows as a result of the conflict in the story
telo118 [61]

Answer:

round, dynamic

Explanation:

8 0
3 years ago
Read 2 more answers
Other questions:
  • La Salle claimed all the land drained by the (blank) river
    13·1 answer
  • Which was most significant in helping Germany become rapidly industrialized?
    13·2 answers
  • In recent years, the largest numbers of asylees to the United States have come from all of the following countries, except
    7·1 answer
  • Describe how you think the judiciary branch is kind of being affected by the other two branches
    13·1 answer
  • If you were a child who worked in factories in the 1800s, what would you experience? Check all of the boxes that apply.
    9·2 answers
  • An agreement to count slaves as three-fifths of a person was related to
    7·1 answer
  • Those who practice the Socratic Method seek truth by what method?
    14·2 answers
  • "We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal, that they endowed by their creator with certain unalie
    8·1 answer
  • Why is Frida Kahlo Important?
    13·1 answer
  • Give a brief description of the tale of King Minos and the Minotaur.
    11·1 answer
Add answer
Login
Not registered? Fast signup
Signup
Login Signup
Ask question!