... philosopher Thomas Hobbes's novel Leviathan (1651), John Locke's The Second Treasite of Government (1690), and Genevian philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau's Discourse on Inequality (1755) political theories and ideologies held an immense influence on the shaping of governmental systems and society in Europe and America. All three men start their arguments with the State of Nature as their basis. From this ... freedom to a sovereign authority in the hopes that this will create a civil society which is safe and therefore conducive to his own interests. Contrary to Hobbes another English phi...

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... protect and defend its public from harm. And if a government is supposed to protect and defend its public, it must be doing what it feels to be good for the public. Thereby showing how Hobbes Leviathan is set up to provide for the good of the public. John Locke in his book called The Second Treatise on Civil Government describes the government, or common-wealth as being a compilation of what its ... people have given up to the government. He feels that when you join this common-wealth you give up ... what the Law of Nature has given you before joining. That is "being ... ...

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