•The philosophers Thomas Hobbes and John Locke disagreed on the understanding of political authority, with Locke taking what is commonly called the “liberal” view. Choose a side (be brave perhaps; take a side you actually disagree with). Using the writings of each given in our class text or at the Websites below, make your case for the side you chose and against the other side. Identify one (1) modern situation in the world where these issues are significant.
Philosophers Debate Politics
•Chapter 24 (pp. 768-9)
•Hobbes: text at
http://oregonstate.edu/instruct/phl302/texts/hobbes/leviathan-contents.html
;
Summary at http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/hobbes-moral/; also
http://jim.com/hobbes.htm
•Locke: text at http://www.thenagain.info/Classes/Sources/Locke-2ndTreatise.html; General
background of the concept at
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/teachers/lesson_plans/pdfs/unit1_12.pdf
.
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1. •The philosophers Thomas Hobbes and John Locke disagreed on
the understanding of political authority, with Locke taking what
is commonly called the “liberal” view. Choose a side (be brave
perhaps; take a side you actually disagree with). Using the
writings of each given in our class text or at the Websites
below, make your case for the side you chose and against the
other side. Identify one (1) modern situation in the world where
these issues are significant.
Philosophers Debate Politics
•Chapter 24 (pp. 768-9)
•Hobbes: text at
http://oregonstate.edu/instruct/phl302/texts/hobbes/leviathan-
contents.html
;
Summary at http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/hobbes-moral/;
also
http://jim.com/hobbes.htm
•Locke: text at
http://www.thenagain.info/Classes/Sources/Locke-
2ndTreatise.html; General
background of the concept at
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/teachers/lesson_plans/pdfs/uni
t1_12.pdf
