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A comparative exploration investigating the theories of Hobbes, Locke and Rousseau on the foundation of society.
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A Comparative Exploration investigating the Theories of Hobbes, Locke and Rousseau on the Foundation of Society. CHAPTER ONE Introduction In making a comparative exploration between the "social contract philosophers": Hobbes, Locke and Rousseau, we are forced to initiate our enquiry with regard to the question of what the shared motivation is of demonstrating the foundation of society, between these three philosophers. All three philosophers illustrated differing, and in some ways similar theories, as to what the origin and continued existence of society is. In this essay an exploration into the similarities and differences between the three theories comparatively, provokes in the reader the self-reflective question of, "What would life be like in a 'natural' state, a world without government?" (Wolff 1996:6). Thus, in this essay, an exposition of the reasons advanced by each philosopher respectively for the movement from a state of nature to a form of civil society shall be made, and further...
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