human nature

INSTRUCTIONS

• Use your course texts (which I posted excerpts below) to help you respond to the topic, and when you quote and summarize from the course texts, include information about the page reference.

• You are discouraged from using additional sources. If you do choose to use an outside source, be sure to cite your source, just as you do when you use the course texts. If you use a quotation or an example from a website, cite the website's URL and the date accessed. Must cite page number

Topic for your Essay,

• Essay Length tips--To answer these topics completely, it takes about 2 pages - 8-10 paragraphs. Use the topic questions and the scoring rubric to see if your draft responds fully to all parts of the question. A complete thoughtful answer is more important than word count.

Explain Locke’s view of human nature. Use details from the textbook to support your description. Explain

Using Vaughn’s Ch. 8 and the excerpts from Locke reprinted there, explain Locke’s view of human nature. Use details from the textbook to support your description of his view. Next, explain Hobbes’s view of human nature, again using details from the textbook to support your description of Hobbes’s view. How does Locke's view of human nature differ from Hobbes' view? Which thinker’s argument do you find more convincing? Explain fully, and defend your answer.

Below pages are from book we are using in class

Vaughn, L. (2021). Philosophy here and now: Powerful ideas in everyday life. Oxford University Press. https://platform.virdocs.com/read/1941649/12/#/4/2