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Images of Enlightenment Thinkers & their key ideas
(pictures of ‘philosophes’)
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H for half empty/‘harsh’
Thomas Hobbes H for half empty/‘harsh’ Life in ‘state of nature’ would be nasty, brutish, and short. We need protection from each other; strong govt. is best means for providing that.
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L for ‘laws . . . natural laws’
John Locke L for ‘laws natural laws’ People are not bad (or good)—blank slate—so protect vs. govt. not each other; popular sovereignty (‘the people’ can fire the govt. if it’s not doing it’s job, which is to ensure their natural rights to LLP) .
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m for multi-branch: three branches of govt.
Montesquieu m for multi-branch: three branches of govt. (L/E/J) in order for no one branch to dominate; checks and balances so each can be stopped by one/another of the other 2. Keeps govt. from being abusive?
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v for valued freedoms Voltaire
Of speech, religion, use of reason and tolerance are good.
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r for remove (from society) to reform
Jean Jacques Rousseau r for remove (from society) to reform state of nature is good, society is bad. People are naturally good.
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W for women’s rights Mary Wollstonecraft
women should have same rights as men, education for women.
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B for be kind/be humane Cesare Beccaria
no cruel or unusual punishment. Torture is not useful.
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