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John Locke’s “Second Treatise on Government”: Locke’s View of Human Nature and the Only Legitimate Form of Government
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This is a 4 page paper discussing human nature and government based on mutual consent from John Locke’s his “Second Treatise on Government” (1690). John Locke within his “Second Treatise on Government” covers the development of the need for civil government based on the laws of Nature and those of man. Firstly, in Nature, all men are equal and it is within human nature to love and want to be loved by others, humans, with whom they are equal. Despite this love for other humans however, Locke also acknowledges that man realizes that human nature has weaknesses and because of this men mutually agree to follow the laws of Nature which will not allow men to harm another’s life, property, health or freedom. Men also mutually agree on laws within their government by which all men must consent or be punished if broken. The consent to follow mutual laws is also applied to government in that as man chooses to become a member of society he also agrees to the mutual terms set out by the government he choose to support within society. Civil government can only be effective if it extends the human nature of man to be equal by the mutual consent of all those concerned. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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John Locke’s An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
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A 3 page paper which examines three paragraphs from John Locke’s An Essay Concerning Human Understanding as it relates to narrative and style. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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John Locke’s View of Substance
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This 5 page report discusses English philosopher, John Locke (1632-1704) and his focus on his beliefs regarding human ideas and the essence of “substance.” Arguing against the long-established proposition of intrinsic ideas, Locke believed that the mind is born blank, a tabula rasa upon which the world presents itself via the experience of the five senses. Knowledge arising from sensation is perfected by reflection, thus enabling humans to arrive at such ideas as space, time, and infinity. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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John Locke’s Views Regarding Personal Property
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This 8 page report discusses English philosopher, John Locke (1632-1704), and his belief that the only reason society degenerates to armed conflict and strife is because of a depletion of the essential ingredients of an individual or a community’s self-preservation. Those ingredients, according to the Second Treatise include the right to private property. He also believes that it is labor that creates value and turns something that was fundamentally worthless into something of worth. Therefore, the person who has put energy and effort into a product has a right to that product. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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John Locke: Freedom, Equality, and Consent as it Relates to Membership in Civil Society
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A 5 page overview of Locke’s philosophies in regard to freedom and equality. This paper explores Locke’s contention in the Second Treatise Locke presented his belief that while the state of nature was a state of free and equal individuals, membership in civil society was based upon the premise of active consent. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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John Locke: Identity and Ideas
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(5 pp) Locke divides our complex ideas into ideas of substance, modes and relations in his An Essay Concerning Human Understanding (1690), and then relates those to identity, person and moral agent. The labels may be old but the ideas are still applicable today.
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John Locke: Knowledge and Skepticism
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A 7 page overview of the manner in which John Locke incorporated skepticism into his quest for knowledge. This paper concentrates on illuminating the importance of Renee Descartes’ “Way of Ideas” in Locke’s philosophies as revealed in his “Essay Concerning Human Understanding”. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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John P. Newport's 'Life's Ultimate Questions'
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18 pages in length. John P. Newport was a quintessential examiner; not only did he base his entire life upon finding out the truth of any given topic, delving deeply into its often soft and malleable center in doing so, but he also sought to bring this truth to the people by way of his insightful literary endeavors. 'Life's Ultimate Questions' reflects the epitome of Newport's unrelenting quest for truth, in that its fundamental objective is to both recognize and understand why the world harbors such a vast array of religious beliefs. No additional sources cited.
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John R. Searle and His “Chinese Room Argument”
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This 5 page report discusses the 20th century philosophical writer John R. Searle’s “Chinese Room Argument” and the ways in which “Strong AI” (artificial intelligence) is actually a faulty premise. The point he makes is that it may be possible hand out the appropriate and even accurate answers and that those responses may serve to connect with the expectations of those asking the questions in a situation in which a reader is connecting symbols without any awareness of their individual meaning. However, it does not indicate that any real understanding has taken place or that any sort of meaning is actually attached to the question and answer process that is taking place. Bibliography lists one source.
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John Rawls And John Locke: Liberalism
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5 pages in length. Understanding the philosophical underpinnings of John Locke and John Rawls as they relate to liberalism requires one to delve into the sometimes-murky yet often controversial world of social and political perspective. Indeed, both Locke and Rawls put forth their vision of how society – government and citizens combined – should operate, with issues of individual rights, justice and equity at the forefront. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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