Rousseau

Believed people are good and kind at their core - Noble Savage

Rousseau

Government is a necessary evil now, needed to protect freedom

Rousseau

only a DIRECT DEMOCRACY is acceptable. anything less is corrupt. people's individual power is taken away

Rousseau

since people are good, the SOCIAL CONTRACT obligates everyone to take care of each other. We're in this together

Rousseau

Didn't approve representative democracy

Locke

People are logical and rational at their core

Locke

Government is formed by the consent of all for the good of all

Locke

Government is there to serve the people

Locke

When it no longer fulfills its duty, it can be overthrown

Hobbes

Government is formed for the protection of all.People are bad at their core

Hobbes

When one enters into the SOCIAL CONTRACT, one gives up freedom for safety

Hobbes

government can be overthrown. If one rebels against the government, one is entering back into the STATE OF NATURE - ugly, brutish, and short - death

Hobbes

One selfish person controlling all is better than many selfish people fighting constantly

Wollstonecraft

Environment, not hereditary, shape human nature and behavior

Wollstonecraft

all people, including women and slaves - are equal

Wollstonecraft

Oppression corrupts all

Wollstonecraft

Solution: Equality and end male dominion of women

Montesquieu

Individuals can be corrupted with power

Montesquieu

Solution: a) groups & b) separation of powers

Montesquieu

Thoughts on women: by nature, gentler and weaker than men but that would help them in government - more moderate

Montesquieu

Limited monarchy is the best - stability and separate of powers