Enlightenment Questions
Enlightenment Group Roles
• 1-2 Reader(s)=Read the Text
• 4-5 Fact-finders=find information in text
• All need to copy information into the sections
Hobbes
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Childhood/EducationBook: Leviathan
Belief about people: People=bad
Belief about Govt: Monarchs=best
Political Ideas: Man exists in state of nature
and agree to have govt to protect us
Locke
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Childhood/EducationBook: Two Treaties on Govt
Belief about people: People=good
Belief about Govt: Democracy=Good
Political Ideas: We agree to have a govt to
protect natural rights (life, liberty, property)
Montesquieu
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Childhood/EducationBook: Spirit of the Laws
Belief about people: People=good
Belief about Govt: Democracy=best
Political Ideas-Separation of powers important
as they prevent monarch
Voltaire
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Childhood/EducationBook: Candide
Belief about people: Good but can be swayed
Belief about Govt: Democracy=best
Political Ideas: Separation of Church and State,
tolerance of religion, freedom of speech
Rousseau
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Childhood/EducationBook: Social Contract
Belief about people: People=Good
Belief about Govt: Democracy=Best
Political Ideas: Social Contract: We agree to
have govt
Questions: Write Q+A
• 1. What political concept did Locke advocate?
• 2. What book did Thomas Hobbes write? What
did he say about people?
• 3. What are three natural rights?
• 4. What are separation of powers? Why did
Montesquieu argue in favor of having it?
• 5. What were two things Voltaire supported?
• 6. Summarize Rousseau’s idea of a Social
Contract.
• 7. Which political philosopher do you like?
Explain.
Pg 187: John Locke Reading
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1. What does John Locke mean by “Natural Rights”?
2. What are 3 natural rights you have?
3. What is the purpose of Government?
4. According to Locke, how should land be governed?
Why do you think this is the case?
5a. What does Locke say can happen if a government
fails to protect the rights its people?
b. Give a historical example of this:
6. How does Locke differ from Hobbes?
7. Locke originally meant that natural rights should be
applied to humans. Should animals get natural rights?
Explain.
8. Should robots get natural rights? Explain.
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1. Voltaire, he believed in Freedom of Speech
2. Montesquieu, he believed in Separation of Powers
3. Locke, he believed in Natural Rights
4. Hobbes, he believed in state of nature
5. Rousseau, he believed in social contract (compact)
EXAMPLE 1: The government is not functioning well;
anarchy; chaos
• EXAMPLE 2: Separate the powers out!!!!
• EXAMPLE 3: ROUSSEAU: Govt violated social contract;
replace it
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Locke: Bad, can’t protect natural rights
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Locke
Rousseau
Montesquieu
Hobbes
Voltaire
EXAMPLE 1: People revert to a State of Nature
EXAMPLE 2: We should separate the powers out
EXAMPLE 3: Rousseau: Govt violated Social
Contract
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Locke: You need to change the govt