Political Philosophy and Foundation of Government - JM

John Mazziotti

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February 23rd, 2020

Political Philosophy and Foundation of Government Blog

Locke, Rousseau, and Hobbes are 3 political philosophers with their own views of what the “ideal” government should be like. John Locke remarks on the way that his ideal government ensures comfortable lives, stability throughout the people’s relationship with the government, and protection of the people’s rights. Rousseau had a similar belief of equality as Locke;  between mankind in his ideal government. Rousseau remarks on how the will of the people is greater than the will of the government, and that the people control the laws of the land with a voting system. He talks about how security, justice, liberty, and property, should be distributed throughout the population of the people. While both Rousseau and Locke discuss their views with their main system’s involving a branch of Democracy, Thomas Hobbes prefers an Absolute Monarchy. He believes that humans alone without any form of government could result in constant warfare with one another. Hobbes's main point is that order is necessary through his eyes to run a successful and prosperous government.

        When discussing power, Locke and Rousseau both believed that the people of a state that their governments reign over should be mostly responsible for how choices are made, and how people control most of the power if they abide by certain rules. Hobbes remarks on how the government or king should hold power over the people, allowing no ability to the people when talking about changes in government. When discussing Independence, Locke believes that the government and people are equally dependent on each other. Rousseau believes that the government is dependent on the people to make changes and be the main source of decision making in the government.  Hobbes believes that the people are dependent on the government because, in his design of an absolute monarchy, the government makes all the decisions, and the people have no voice. I agree mostly with Rousseau’s and Locke’s theories the most because they tether the most similar to our country's political system (mostly Rousseau’s), and focus primarily on the well being of the state’s inhabitants.  My ideal government that I would establish would look like something very similar to Rousseau’s ideal government because it is the system that I prefer to be apart of.

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