Enlightenment philosophers: John Locke, Thomas Hobbes and Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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- 1. The Enlightenment philosophers were very focused on one particular concept, called the ________.
- 3. Believed that in the State of Nature, people were innately good.
- 9. Jean-Jacques Rousseau, wrote about the idea of the ____________.
- 10. The _________ philosophers were very interested in figuring out how humans can best live together.
- 12. Locke said that people had to agree to give up some of their _________ in order to live under the rule of law
- 13. Locke thought that it was only when people started living together in a society that they began to act ____________ and not for the common good.
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- 2. believed that people in the State of Nature were naturally evil.
- 4. In the State of Nature, a person is only bound by his or her ___________ to do what is right or wrong.
- 5. said that people had to agree to give up all of their freedoms and put themselves under the rule of an absolute __________.
- 6. They believed that by understanding human nature, we could create a better ________ for everyone
- 7. It is because of Locke, Hobbes, and Rousseau, that we now live in a society that is based on reason and _____________.
- 8. The Enlightenment philosophers thought that by understanding these laws, we could create a society that was based on ________ and justice
- 11. These philosophers believed that in a time before civilization when humans were living in a natural state where they were free and _____________.