Hobbes, Locke and drop it.

Hobbes, Locke and drop it.

Locke in Your Rights0 John Locke: Author of

Second Treatise on Government (1689)0 Coined the term

“Natural Rights”0Rights that every

human has from their birth.0 Right to happiness, life,

freedom etc.

0Why would the founders follow him?

Calvin and (Thomas) Hobbes

0Thomas Hobbes: Authored The Leviathan(1651)0Held the belief that people in a nutshell were stupid…

0 Well intentioned, but stupid.0Citizens need a strong leader to tell them what to do.

0 Given the chance, they will mess up society.0 In nature…“no society; and which is worst of all,

continual fear, and danger of violent death; and the life of man, solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.”

All in the Fine Print..

0Social Contact: An agreement among a society in order to cooperate for social benefits.0 Locke: People give up the right to enact justice in

exchange for life, liberty and gain the right to impartial protection of property.0Monopoly on violence.

Hobbes says…0 Hobbes: Do as

your told, and the leaders will not kill you. No matter what the leader does, they have not violated the contract.0Castle on the

hill vs. the straw topped houses.