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Views on Government

Views on Government. Civics Unit One Continued. Thomas Hobbes. Defined State of Nature Felt that a monarchy was the most efficient form of government. Humans are naturally selfish People should not be allowed to make their own decisions States have similar attitudes as individuals.

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Views on Government

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  1. Views on Government Civics Unit One Continued

  2. Thomas Hobbes • Defined State of Nature • Felt that a monarchy was the most efficient form of government. • Humans are naturally selfish • People should not be allowed to make their own decisions • States have similar attitudes as individuals.

  3. John Locke • People are supposed to govern themselves. • Government is suppose to preserve the right of freedom, life, and property. • Natural rights can never be taken away from you • Property is the most important freedom • White land owners can vote • Right to revolt against a King, they don’t hold absolute power.

  4. Charles Montesquieu • Opposed to absolute monarchy • Maintain law and order, political liberty • Believed in checks and balances • 3 branches of government

  5. Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) • Believed that people were born good • Institutions corrupt individuals • Rich people fooled the commoners into accepting them as rulers • Democracy is the answer • People must accept a social contract • Community power • “Man is born free, but everywhere he goes he is in chains”

  6. Plato • Elite class of philosophers • Justice creates community unity • Injustice creates civil war, hatred, and violence • Democracy=Highly corruptible • Possibly a monarchy • Social classes Noble, Rich, Poor

  7. Aristotle • Ethics and politics closely linked. • Poor outnumber rich in democracy lead to civil war • Ideal government gives some control to the masses but it is limited. • Democracy is mob rule

  8. Niccolò Machiavelli • Stability of state is most important • Leader cannot be generous it makes him weak • Government with a sole leader is difficult to conquer, a government who shares power with barons is easy to conquer, hard to maintain. • Those who rise to power through crime are wicked • Cruelty can be justified • Leader must have strong foundation, laws, and arms in order for state to survive.

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