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This 6 page paper examines politics and human nature. How the two can be reconciled is examined. Three different theorists are used in the discussion: Rousseau, Locke and Mill. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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freedom should individuals have? How much control should government have? Theorists throughout the ages have wrestled with these questions and it pays to visit some of these theories. Yet, it
should be noted that the problem is still applicable to todays world. People fight all the time over the concept of government control and human nature. Government has a war
on drugs but it seems to be the case that it is in mans nature to self-medicate. Most nations have the goal of peace, but wars appear to be inevitable.
Whether the government has the right to control man and to what extent are ideas that are problematic. While man arguably has certain inalienable rights, the government must see to
it that people are protected. Social control becomes the most important thing and so something along the lines of a social contract is warranted. In delving through the great philosophers
works, one sees that Locke in his Second Treatise addresses questions pertinent to human nature. Locke (1690) explains: "To understand political power right, and derive it from its original, we
must consider, what state all men are naturally in, and that is, a state of perfect freedom to order their actions, and dispose of their possessions and persons, as they
think fit, within the bounds of the law of nature, without asking leave, or depending upon the will of any other man." Here the tone leans towards individuality. Of
course, Lockes views are aligned with many other thinkers to come from this era where there was a push toward individualism and a trend away from dogma. Locke goes on
to note that the power of the state should be reciprocal and that no one should have more than another (1690). Locke (1690) writes: "there being nothing more
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