MISC
What is true of natural rights?
Natural rights apply to everyone, regardless of their class
People bad. Need a strong king.
Thomas Hobbes
Before the Enlightenment was what?
the Renaissance
Author who supported freedom of speech and religion and enlightened despotism
Voltaire
Having knowledge and using reason
Enlightened
The fundamental purpose of government in a republic
protection of the natural rights of people
Enlightenment =
Reason
Who were the Enlightenment thinkers?
They were philosophers like John Locke, Voltaire, Montesquieu, Rousseau, and Mary Wollstonecraft who shared new ideas about government, rights, and freedom.
According to Hobbes, what is the state of nature?
hypothetical condition where there's no government or social order, leading to a "war of all against all," characterized by a constant fear of violence and a life that is "solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short
Who did we compare Wollstonecraft to?
Mulan
Copernicus discovered....
What is the heliocentric theory?
If government did not protect the natural rights of life, liberty, and property, citizens could replace their government
John Locke
Who did we compare Hobbes to?
Loki (Avengers)
Believed that government should be separated into three branches, the executive, legislative, and judicial, to provide checks and balances.
Montesquieu
Who did we compare Voltaire to?
Simba (Lion King)
What was the Enlightenment?
A period when people began using reason and new ideas to understand government, rights, and society
How did Mary Wollstonecraft use Reason to argue for women’s equal rights?
She argued that since women have the ability to think, they deserve education and equal rights
Who did we compare Locke to?
A Bug's Life (Flick)
Believed that government was created to protect people from their own selfishness
Thomas Hobbes.
People give up some freedom and in return their government protects their individual liberties
Social Contract Theory
What declaration was heavily influenced by the Enlightenment
Declaration of Independence
Wanted religious tolerance and free speech.
Voltaire.
The American Revolution and Declaration of Independence were influenced by this intellectual movement.
the Enlightenment
Social Contract idea
Rousseau
the idea that government should be divided among various individuals or institutions
Separation of powers