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LOCKE, HOBBES AND HUME

Locke, Hobbes, and Hume each had ideas that contributed to the basic foundation of our Constitution. In Locke’s view, all rights begin in the individual property interest created by an investment of labor. The social structure depends on the express consent of those who are governed by its political powers for its formation and maintenance. Majority rule becomes the cornerstone of all political order, and dissatisfied citizens reserve a lasting right to revolution.

Hobbes’s ideas were based on human nature and knowledge. He believed that the natural state of human beings is a perpetual struggle against each other. He argued that we form the commonwealth, surrendering our individual powers to the authority of an absolute sovereign. Individual ...

Posted by: Anthony Pacella

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