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Who the English philosopher who argued that people have natural rights?
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Hobbes wrote about rights as they existed in a state of nature, but saw them as essentially destructive and best discarded in favour of the law lest a society live in a state of nature, a war of "all against all" - rights best dispensed of by some form of benevolent dictator. As an advocate of the 'social contract' model of law, Hobbes was familiar with and motivated to defend the hierarchical monarchy as an ideal form of government.
Many people contrast Hobbes to Locke, who's probably the one you're thinking of, since Locke, while also believing in a 'social contract' (an idea that implies a non-voluntary nature) redefined it round to consist of the essential classical ideas of individual liberty - the rights of life, liberty and property.
Many classical liberals and libertarians have since written on Hobbes and Locke's thought.
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Which philosopher argued that government holds its authority only with the consent of the people?
John Locke
John Locke said Every man has a property in his own person This nobody has any rights to but himself What does that mean?
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What philosopher said that the people had natural rights?
John Locke
Was was John Locke?
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What Enlightenment thinker argued that the purpose of government is to safeguard the natural rights of the people?
John Locke
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John Locke and Thomas Jefferson put that in the Declaration of Indpendence.
Which philosopher argued that government holds its authority only with the consent of the people?
John Locke
What philosopher argued that the purpose of the government was to protect the natural rights of people?
Plato; in The Republic (as the voice of Socrates) - Aristotle (Plato's student) in [treatise on] Politics - almost all other works stem from these.
John Locke said Every man has a property in his own person This nobody has any rights to but himself What does that mean?
locke,an english philosopher , beleived that all people have natural rights the awnser ( is the natural rights of people )
What philosopher said that the people had natural rights?
John Locke
Which European philosopher advanced the idea that people have the right to abolish a government that abuses their natural rights?
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What did Locke argued?
people have natural rights; life, liberty, and property.
What was john lockes philosophies?
He argued so that people have natural rights.
Was john Locke?
Did you mean Who was john Locke? John Locke was an English philosopher, he believed that people had their own rights. The natural rights are rights to liberty, life, and personal property. natural rights- rights that the government cannot take from them
Was was John Locke?
Did you mean Who was John Locke? John Locke was an English philosopher, he believed that people had their own rights. The natural rights are rights to liberty, life, and personal property. natural rights- rights that the government cannot take from them
Who argued that civilization corrupts people's natural goodness?
Jean-Jacques Rousseau argued that civilization corrupts people's natural goodness. Rousseau believed that society's rules and expectations lead individuals to act unnaturally and that humans are inherently good in their natural state.
