List and Explain Six Differences and Six Similarities...

THE UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA SOCIAL OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES INSTITUTE OF DISTANCE EDUCATION /DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT STUDIES NAME : SELVAC HANG’ANDU COURSE CODE : PH 101 COURSE NAME : POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY COMPUTER NO. : 12116173 QUESTION : List and explain six differences and six similarities between the political philosophy of John Locke and that of Tomas Hobbes. Thomas Hobbes and John Locke were philosophers from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. The two men both had very strong views on freedom and how a country should be governed. Their view points are famous for contrasting one another. Hobbes has more of a pessimistic view on freedom while Locke’s opinions are more optimistic. This paper will†¦show more content†¦Hence a situation where everyman is the enemy of every other endeavoring to destroy or subdue him by force or fraud or both. But such a state is even less in conformity with human desires than what most of us know .It is Hobbes famous words a state where the life of man is solitary poor, nasty ,brutish and short. The fear of such a state of things calls into action as a servant of the most fundamental of all the passions, that of self-preservation, at least a modicum of reason which finds a solution of the difficulty in social contract. By its terms men agreed to give up their natural liberty to sovereign authority which in turn gurantees them security, that is immunity from aggression by the force or fraud of others. It is only through authority of this sovereign that the war of all against all is held in check and order and security is maintained. (Talcott persons: 91). In modern times, Tomas Hobbes defined right to life as natural rights which even the sovereign of the state could not jeopardize. But the name of John Locke is important who treated three rights (relating to life, liberty and property) as natural rights. Effective protection of the natural rights is the responsibility of the state .In case the sovereign authority is capable of fulfilling the trust of the people, the contract may be chosen instead for securing effective protection of natural rights. (J.C.Johari, 1989:136) STATE OF NATURE BY THOMAS HOBBESShow MoreRelatedOrganisational Theory230255 Words   |  922 Pages. Organization Theory Challenges and Perspectives John McAuley, Joanne Duberley and Phil Johnson . This book is, to my knowledge, the most comprehensive and reliable guide to organisational theory currently available. What is needed is a text that will give a good idea of the breadth and complexity of this important subject, and this is precisely what McAuley, Duberley and Johnson have provided. They have done some sterling service in bringing together the very diverse strands of work