... the behalf of the middle-class to help maintain their social benefits, while allowing the Victorians to uphold their economic stature. Administration was developing out of moral and political necessity, with little actual expansion in social legislation until the 1850's. Following 1832, almost all Victorians were believers in progress. Such fundamental change had been inconceivable a ... generally viewed government positively, claiming it protected the people against the ruthless capitalist marketplace. In this respect, contemporary conservatives and liberals have reversed their nineteen...

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... the Questions on Locke and Burke. Excerpts From John Locke, Second Treatise of Government: CHAPTER II: LIBERTY AND EQUALITY: [II.4-5 4. To understand political power aright, and derive it from its original, we must consider what estate all men are naturally in, and that is, a state of perfect freedom ... scarce be so just as to condemn himself for it. But I shall desire those who make this objection to remember that absolute monarchs are but men; and if government is to be the remedy of those evils which necessarily follow from men being judges in their ... their advantages; and these a...

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... on contractual government and the divine right of kings. In his 1690 pamphlet, Two Treatises of Government, Locke stated that political sovereignty does not reside in the state, but in the people. He continued saying that the state has power only if governed by true and "natural" law. This concept of "natural" law would prove very significant in future ... created a fire department. (American Enlightenment [2], 1) The rationalistic and logical thought of the Enlightenment was revolutionary for the time, for it questioned the sovereignty of God and monarchs. With the belief that the unive...

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... on contractual government and the divine right of kings. In his 1690 pamphlet, Two Treatises of Government, Locke stated that political sovereignty does not reside in the state, but in the people. He continued saying that the state has power only if governed by true and "natural" law. This concept of "natural" law would prove very significant in future ... created a fire department. (American Enlightenment [2], 1) The rationalistic and logical thought of the Enlightenment was revolutionary for the time, for it questioned the sovereignty of God and monarchs. With the belief that the unive...

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... , the enlightened despot, a ruler who embraced enlightenment philosophies and incorporated them in his rule. Louis XIV, who ruled France for 72 years, has been named one of the most effective monarchs of all time. He, however, was not an enlightened ruler because he was not tolerant, believed in absolutism and lived an extravagant lifestyle, contrary to utilitarian ideas. Louis XIV saw ... 4). Louis felt he was not accountable to anyone for his actions. This idea of Absolutism contrasted sharply with the political theories of one of the Enlightenments most prominent thinkers, John Locke....

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