1. THE ENLIGHTNEMENT

2. THE ENLIGHTENMENT
MOVEMENT THAT STRESSED REASON, THOUGHT AND THE POWER OF INDIVIDUALS TO SOLVE PROBLEMS
ALSO KNOWN AS THE AGE OF REASON
REACHED ITS HEIGHT IN THE MID-1700’S

3. TWO VIEWS ON GOVERNMENT
THOMAS HOBBES
SOCIAL CONTRACT: IN ORDER TO GAIN LAW AND ORDER CITIZENS HAD TO GIVE UP SOME RIGHTS.
THE BEST GOVERNMENT WAS AN ABSOLUTE MONARCHY
RULER NEEDED TOTAL POWER TO KEEP CITIZENS UNDER CONTROL
JOHN LOCKE
NATURAL RIGHTS: ALL PEOPLE BORN FREE AND EQUAL WITH THREE BASIC RIGHTS: LIFE, LIBERTY, AND PROPERTY
PURPOSE OF GOVERNMENT WAS TO PROTECT THESE RIGHTS
IF THE GOVERNMENT FAILS, IT IS THE RIGHT OF THE PEOPLE TO OVERTHROW THE GOVERNMENT

4. PHILOSOPHES: MAJOR SOCIAL CRITICS OF THE ENLIGHTENMENT IN FRANCE
FIVE MAJOR CONCEPTS:
REASON : TRUTH COULD BE DISCOVERED THROUGH REASON
NATURE: WHAT WAS NATURAL WAS GOOD
HAPPINESS: SEEK HAPPINESS ON EARTH
PROGRESS: SOCIETY AND HUMANKIND COULD IMPROVE
LIBERTY: WANTED THE LIBERTIES THAT THE ENGLISH HAD WON IN THEIR GLORIOUS REVOLUTION

5. LEGACY OF THE ENLIGHTENMENT
BELIEF IN PROGRESS: SCIENCE AND SOCIETY
MORE SECULAR OUTLOOK: QUESTION THE TEACHINGS OF THE CHURCH AND KING
IMPORTANCE OF THE INDIVIDUAL