Jet, Tom

Shushu#04
Studyprep2.docx

In about 3 – 5 sentences answer the following

Hobbes on the state of nature

Hobbes on the purpose and method of the social contract

Hobbes on sovereignty and the characteristics of post-contractual government

Locke on the state of nature, natural law, and natural rights

Locke on the origins of private property

Locke on the point of the social contract

Locke on the powers of government and the right to revolution

Rousseau on the state of nature and on primitive man

Rousseau on the corrupting powers of civilization (Amour propre vs. Amour de soi)

Rousseau on the purpose of the contract, and the method of the contractual act

Rousseau on governance, the general will, and freedom

freedom from coercion versus freedom as self-determination (negative and positive freedom)

Burke on abstract styles of political theory

Burke on the origin of rights, and the proper approach to political theory

Burke on the complexity and depth of political society

Oakeshott on the abuses of rationalism in political theory

Oakeshott on proper political thought and action being like a cooking recipe