Thomas Hobbes

Write a 2-3-page essay on a selected issue related to the tension between individual freedom and social institutions. Explain the ethical basis for the relation of individuals to their government.

Freedom and Authority Write a 2-3-page essay on a selected issue related to the tension between individual freedom and social institutions. Write an essay assessing the issue you selected, both in terms of versions of social contract theory proposed by Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau and from your own view of the proper […]

Contrast the various positions taken by René Descartes and Thomas Hobbes on the mind-body problem. How did they help psychology move forward?

Chapter 2 Assignment Contrast the various positions taken by René Descartes and Thomas Hobbes on the mind-body problem. How did they help psychology move forward? 1. Who is Descartes/ what did he do 2. Who is Hobbes/ what did he do 3. What was the Descartes and Hobbes vie on the mind-body problem 4. How […]

Using at least ONE specific example from their twelfth chapter (exclusively),  explain why the above “anthropocentric assumptions” limit our engagement with the moral and ethical “question of the animal.”

ASSIGNMENT 1 1. [3 points] Using at least ONE specific example from Kwame Anthony Appiah’s “Race,” clearly and precisely explain the difference between “racism” and “racialism.” Be as precise and explicit as possible. 2. [3 points] Using at least ONE specific example from Bennett and Royle’s essay on “Racial difference,” clearly and precisely explain how […]

Do you agree with Hobbes that the state of nature brings war? Explain what Thomas Hobbes meant by state of nature?

Do you agree with Hobbes that the state of nature brings war? Thomas Hobbes and what he meant by state of nature? Are we prone to violence? Current events of political crisis i.e Ukraine vs Russia and how this may link to state of nature and war. both historic and current events.

Write a 2-page letter to European thinker Thomas Hobbes, discussing the “Social Contract Theory”.

Write a 2-page letter to European thinker Thomas Hobbes, discussing the “Social Contract Theory”. Discuss 3 pros and 3 cons of the Social Contract Theory. your perspective of why you think individuals would agree to the contract and pr. Explain ovide an explanation as to why people would not agree. Do you believe we are […]

Discuss on Thomas Hobbes and John Locke’s view of state of nature.

Discuss on Thomas Hobbes and John Locke’s view of state of nature John Locke has a much more detailed view of the state of men in society. He holds the belief that men are free and equal to be independent selves of society, within the critical bounds of the law of nature. The state of […]

Compare Thomas Hobbes and George Berkeley’s perspective on free will.

sing info from chapters 1-6, answer each question in 1 to 1 1/2 page each, 1. Compare Thomas Hobbes and George Berkeley’s perspective on free will. Whose perspective better reflects how modern psychologists think about free will? 2. What was Hugo Munsterberg’s criticism of Sigmund Freud? What did Munsterberg think was the right way to […]

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