University of Oregon

Philosocreeper, Comparing Hobbes and Locke

A small break in hour political philosophy series to compare Hobbes' and Locke's philosophies through their main concepts before moving on to Rousseau's perspective.

Plan:
1) The State of Nature: 1 definition, 2 conceptions
2) Natural Law: 2 different perspectives
3) The Social Contract: why would men want to leave the State of Nature?

Concepts:
State of Nature: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_of_nature
Natural Law: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_law

Author:
Locke: http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/locke/
Hobbes: http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/hobbes/