"The state of nature" in John Locke, Thomas Hobbes and Jean-Jacques Rousseau: A critical analysis and comparison in consideration of their social and (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9783656372370)

Seminar paper from the year 2012 in the subject Philosophy - Practical (Ethics, Aesthetics, Culture, Nature, Right, ...), grade: 1,3, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, language: English, abstract: This paper discusses the basis of the theories of Locke, Hobbes and Rousseau - the state of nature, which is used by all three of them as a methodical entity to create their social contract theories . I will first introduce each philosopher and the political context he lived in as well as the different states of nature on which the philosophers based their theories on. I will then compare the states with each other and point out relations and dissimilarities. In my conclusion I will come back to the hypothesis that the three different states have dissimilar intentions and aim towards different governmental systems.

Author: Thomas H?ne
ISBN-10: 3656372373
ISBN-13: 9783656372370
Publisher: Grin Verlag
Language: English
Published: 02/17/2013
Pages: 32
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.12lbs
Size: 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.08d