H.W.#8

1)According to Hobbes it was better to live under the rule of an absolute monarchy. Hobbs said that if the ruler had absolute it would be a world more about peace, thoughtful and geneous world. He thought that humans are to corrupt and selfish and need to be under control by one ruler that has absolute power.

1)The social contract reflects the influence of the enlightment ideas.
2)Religous freedom because people should be able to believe in what they want to believe in. Freedom of thought and expression because no one should to do something they dont want to do.
1)enlightment-this was the age of reason,started by two english politicians Thomas hobbes and John locke.
2)social contract-an agreement where people gave up their rights to a strong ruler and in exchange got law and order.
3)john locke-an english politician who belived that human nature wasnt such a bad thing and belived people could change.
4)natural rights-life,liberty,property.
5)philosophe-the social critics of the enlightment in france
5)voltaire-a philosopher who came up with the idea of freedom of religion,expression and thought.
6)Montesquieu-An influential French writer that called the division of power among different branches, separation of powers.
7)seperation of powers-the division of powers among the different branches ofc the government
8)jean jacques rosseou-a man who passionatly belived in individual freedom
8)Mary Wollstonecraft-a woman who fought for the freedom and equality rights of all women.
2)-Thinker: Thomas Hobbes
Ideas: Had a part in the Enlightenment where he wrote some key ideas. Wrote all of his ideas in his book called the Leviathan, and gave the ideas for the social contract.
-Thinker: Voltaire
Ideas: He published more than 70 books on political essays, philosophy, history, and even more.
-Thinker: Montesquieu
Ideas: He devoted himself to the study of political liberty.
-Thinker: Rousseau
Ideas: He helped people get individual freedom.
-Thinker: Beccaria
Ideas: The justice system.
-Thinker: Wollstonecraft
Ideas: Women rights.
3) "Power should be a check to power" -Baron de Montesquieu
"Man is free and everywhere he is in chains" -Jean Jacques Rousseau
“Let women share the rights and she will emulate the virtues of men” -Mary Wollstonecraft