Partner Activity: With a partner, define the following vocabulary in your own words  Enlightenment  Philosophes  Natural laws

Definitions  Enlightenment – revolution in thinking, 1600s and 1700s  Philosophes – Thinkers, used reason to discover natural laws  Natural Laws – law that governs human nature

Class Read  Read pg. 144: Setting the scene & progress and reason

Discussion with a partner  Which of the following quotes do you agree with. Discuss your decision with your partner  People are naturally bad  People are naturally good

Class Questions  If you believe people are naturally bad, what type of government/rules are needed for these people?  If you believe people are naturally good, what type of government/rules are needed for these people?

Thomas Hobbes  English philosopher  Leviathan (1651)  People = bad  Must enter a “social contract” with a powerful government in order to have an organized society  Absolute Monarchy –Divine right

John Locke  English philosopher  Two Treatises of Government (1689)  People = good  People have natural rights from birth  Form governments to protect those rights  If government fails or violates their natural rights, people have the right to overthrow that government