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These thinkers valued reason, science, religious tolerance, and what they called "natural rights"-life, liberty, and property. Enlightenment philosophers john Locke, Charles Montesquieu, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau all developed theories of government in which some or even all the people would govern.
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What Enlightenment thinker argued that the purpose of government is to safeguard the natural rights of the people?
John Locke, an Enlightenment thinker, argued that the purpose of government is to protect the natural rights of life, liberty, and property of its citizens. Locke believed that people are born with these inherent rights, and that government exists to preserve and protect them.
The framers believed that the primary purpose of government was to?
The framers believed that the primary purpose of government was to secure our unalienable rights.
After enlightenment ideas spread how did the purpose of government change?
The transmission of Enlightenment ideas to Greek thought influenced the development of a national consciousness.
What enlightenment thinker argued that the purpose of government is to safeguard the natural rights of people?
john Locke
What is the purpose of government in Herbert Hoover?
He believed the individual shouldn't be helped and to stand-aside.
The founders of the US believed that an important purpose of government was to protect whose rights?
the individuals
What are the purposes of civil society according to Locke?
John Locke was a philosopher during the enlightenment. He was a deist. They believed that God created the world, but did not believe in miracles, etc. He believed that humans were naturally good. Came up with the idea of Tabula Rasa; everyone is born with a clean slate. People have to experience things to learn about them. This was one of the many things he believed that went against everything people had believed to be true up to this point. One of his other ideas was that people are entitled to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. This along with many of his other ideas( separation of powers, to keep one part of government from becoming too strong) were reflected in the United States government when the constitution was written.
Which Enlightenment philosopher is most closely associated with the idea that government exists only by consent of the people?
John Locke
What idea dealing with social participation overtime with the declaration of independence?
The Declaration of Independence is a letter to the king telling of problems in the colonies. Jefferson wrote a statement based on the Enlightenment thinkers philosophies and basically there was no idea dealing with social participation. This was NOT the purpose of the Declaration.
Who believed that the government was to determine provide and protect the common good?
The men who wrote the constitution and that is still it’s purpose.
Historical influences on American ideas regarding the purpose of government?
English bill of rights, the enlightenment period of the 1700's, the mayflower compact, british rule.
What role did the Scientific Revolution play in bringing about the Enlightenment?
They suggested that reason could provide answers about the world that tradition and religion could not. (C)
