Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Liberalism
Thomas Hobbes
and
Social Contract
Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679)
Its name derives from the biblical Leviathan. The work concerns the
structure of society and legitimate government, and is regarded as one of the
earliest and most influential examples of social contract theory.
John Locke
and
The Limited Government
John Locke (1632-1704)
Two Treatises of Government (1689)
Locke proceeds through the Filmer's
arguments, contesting his proofs from Scripture
and ridiculing them as senseless, until concluding
that no government can be justified by an appeal
to the divine right of kings. The Second
Treatise outlines a theory of civil society.
Conservatism is a political and social philosophy promoting
traditional social institutions in the context
of culture and civilization. The central tenets of conservatism
include tradition, human imperfection, organic society, hierarchy
and authority and property rights. Conservatives seek to preserve a
range of institutions such as monarchy, religion, parliamentary
government and property rights with the aim of emphasizing social
stability and continuity while the more extreme elements
called reactionaries oppose modernism and seek a return to "the way
things were".
Thank You Everyone
(GAS 11)