Essays and Research Papers on More Philosophers

This 3 page paper examines John Locke's well known work on education. Locke's ideas are used as a springboard for discussion on the state of the schools today. Suggestions on how to change things are included. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 4 page paper examines the current American education system using Aristotle and Plato's ideas as a springboard for discussion. The philosophy of education is discussed in general. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 3 page report discusses the views of education as related to six of the great thinkers of the Western world Hume, Rousseau, Kant, Jefferson, Mills, and Dewey. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 5 page report discusses the ideas of John Locke concerning education and the tabula rasa (“blank slate”) of human beings. Locke’s ideas regarding the formation of government and the appropriate role of government have served as guiding parameters in the formation of Western governments for centuries. In his “Essay Concerning Human Understanding” (1690), Locke asserted that the human mind could ...

This 4 page paper provides an overview on John Locke's ideas on education. His book called Some Thoughts Concerning Education is explored. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 5 page paper discussing John Locke's Second Treatise on Civil Government. Questions of the nature and scope, as well as the purpose of the worker are analyzed alobg with the role of the individual in society. No additional sources cited.

A 5 page paper discussing Locke's argument for 'property' and its social implications. Bibliography lists the text of Locke's treatise.

This 9 page paper delves into probably the first case of gender reassignment on a healthy baby boy. The case created controversy during the 1960s. The case is explored ethically through the eyes of several well known philosophers. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 4 page essay examining how Thomas Hobbes' state of nature is an 'inference from the passions' of human kind. When Hobbes discovered Euclid's methods of logic, he set about examining the need for and the inevitability of the existence of government using Euclid's methods. Hobbes began with three basic assumptions from which ...

Machiavelli and Locke both considered the nature of government and man's individual interests as they relate to governmental structures. Machievelli's idea of fortune and Locke's 'state of nature' concept both shaped the theorists arguments about the purpose of political life. It has been posited that for Machiavelli, politics is an unpredictable arena in ...

4 pages in length. Benjamin Franklin and Henry David Thoreau, unequivocally two of America's major thinkers, found much common ground in their respective philosophies, while at the same time touching upon differences that made each man's conjecture uniquely original. Franklin, an inventor and founding father, placed a great deal of emphasis upon a ...

This 8 page report discusses Scottish philosopher and writer David Hume’s (1711-1776) thinking on the “obligation of promises” as expressed in his “Treatise of Human Nature.” Hume believed that participation in a just society requires an individual’s obligation to the promise to support that government. It is not based on fear but what Hume referred to as “enlightened self-interest.” Hume was ...

A 9 page paper which analyzes the pros and cons of John Locke's 'Two Treatises on Civil Government' in terms of how it applied to the revolutionary. Specifically considered are the creation of state constitutions following the Declaration of Independence; theoretical problems of Locke's treatise concerning the foundation of imperial connection; how Locke paid ...

This 5 page paper explains why government is necessary. The opposing view is duly noted. The paper draws on theories of Hobbes and Locke. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 3 page paper examines the theories of Hobbes and Mill and sees Hobbes as having the most responsible theory. This paper is written in response to a prompt claiming that after a nuclear war the people must choose a new government. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This is a 4 page paper discussing human nature and government based on mutual consent from John Locke’s his “Second Treatise on Government” (1690). John Locke within his “Second Treatise on Government” covers the development of the need for civil government based on the laws of Nature and those of man. Firstly, in Nature, all ...

This 4 page paper compares the political philosophies of Thomas Hobbes ("Leviathan") and Jean-Jacques Rousseau ("Social Contract") and the governments that would result if each man's vision was realized. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 3 page paper uses Voltaire's Letters on the English or Lettres Philosophiques to consider why England was seen as a good model of government by many thinkers, especially French philosophers of this time. The bibliography cites 2 sources.

A 5 page paper which examines how the ideas of John Locke were put into the Declaration of Independence, The Rights of Man and the Citizen, and the Declaration of Independence of Vietnam. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 5 page paper supports Locke's view of man and authority and suggests that Hobbes's ideas are a bit outdated. Hobbes's Leviathan and Locke's Second Treatise of Civil Government are each explored and quotes are provided. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 5 page paper debates issues regarding the purpose of government. The thesis of the paper is that the correct purpose of government is to protect life, liberty and property. Several controversial issues are touched on such as abortion and gun control. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 4 page research paper that examines the philosophies regarding representation of Jean-Jacques Rousseau in his book The Social Contract (1762) and John Stuart Mill a century later in his work Considerations on Representative Government (1861). The writer argues that although Rousseau's opinions are appealing in their purity of purpose, he does not offer a ...

A 2 page paper which considers how Karl Marx interpreted the ideal government in The Communist Manifesto (1848), and compare his view with the current global economy government system of today.

This 6 page paper provides an overview of each theorist's ideas about government as well as how each saw the nature of man. The ideas are compared and contrasted. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A five page paper which looks at three examples of social behaviour from the viewpoint of JS Mill’s principles of utilitarianism, and considers whether they would be considered by Mill as appropriate areas in which the government should intervene. Bibliography lists 3 sources