Rousseau

According to Pateman, what is the difference between Social Contract Theory and other theoretical strategies that justify subjugation and present it as freedom?

Pateman: Sexual Contract Part I: Read: Carol Pateman: Chapter 3 “Contract, the Individual and Slavery” from The Sexual Contract(only pages 39-60) (you’ll also find the outlines of some of the thinkers Pateman discusses to attached for your convenience:-) According to Pateman, what is the difference between Social Contract Theory and other theoretical strategies that justify […]

Read about several historical and revolutionary ECE Influences, then write your response including the 4 topics provided below.

Historical Influences After having read about several historical and revolutionary ECE Influences, think about which one is of most interest to you. Suggestions: Luther, Comenius, Locke, Rousseau, Pestalozzi, Froebel, Mann, Montessori, Steiner, Dewey, McMillian Sisters, Mitchell, Issaacs, Malguzzi, Gessell, Spock, Brazelton, Elkind, Kohn, Perry. Then write your response including the 4 topics: 1. Your reason […]

Choose two of the thinkers from the course and develop clearly what their view of the human being.

The Meaning of Being Human For this paper, choose two of the thinkers from the course and develop clearly what their view of the human being. Using these different views, you are to show which thinker has best captured what it means to be human and what it means to flourish as a human being. […]

Focus on the idea of Locke vs Hobbes human rights and discuss about their similar and different views of political legitimacy consent, representation, and authority.

Comparison of Locke and Hobbes Focus on the idea of Locke vs Hobbes human rights Write a paragraph to a page outlining the topic, focusing it, looking at the questions trying to answer Re read Locke Re read Hobbes Consider Rousseau Hobbes, UNDERSTAND THE CONCEPT of RIGHTS What Locke thinks a right is Similarities and […]

Discuss romanticism and the enlightenment in Rousseau, Goethe’s Faust and Madame Bovary.

Discuss romanticism and the enlightenment in Rousseau, Goethe’s Faust and Madame Bovary. Write a research paper of around 5 pages (including bibliography) on ONE of the following subjects. Do NOT plagiarise; cite your sources, preferably according to MLA format. Other formats are also allowed (Chicago, APA etc) Back up your argument with citations (paraphrased and/or […]

What errors did Rousseau’s account of educational non-interference intend to avoid?

Philosophy of Education. Essay question: What errors did Rousseau’s account of educational non-interference intend to avoid? If his pedagogy were implemented in the real world, would it be more likely to produce a well-adjusted and natural being, as he expected, or a maladjusted monster? 2000 words Do not include Abstract, Introduction and Conclusion The question […]

Explain Rousseau’s arguments for this claim: what does Rousseau mean by the term ‘state of nature’

In the Discourse on the Origin of Inequality Rousseau argues that in the original state of nature human life is a life of equality, freedom, peace, and happiness. Explain Rousseau’s arguments for this claim: what does Rousseau mean by the term ‘state of nature’? How does he claim to know about the state of nature? […]

In what ways is Rousseau very modern and relevant to our time?

History of Modern France Essay Question I. Answered by all What important ideas of the Enlightenment did you find expressed in Candide or Rousseau’s philosophical texts? II. Select two questions, from A or B (60 pts.): B) Rousseau 1. Do you agree with Rousseau that all the unpleasant characteristics of the human condition derive not […]

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