POL SCI 6C Study Guide - Midterm Guide: State Of Nature, Forever People
27 Oct 2016
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Rationalism -- belief or theory that opinions and actions should be based on reason and knowledge rather than on religious belief or emotional response. Not only do we have an irrational view in his beliefs -- we don"t even know he exists. Liberalism means having the people do the maximum without having the government or anyone interfere. Only authoritarian structure that is meant to limit the government from taking. The us is different from every other democratic institution. Locke is so important because he defines the system that we don"t even know exists. Locke writes sin a period where the majority of the population is illiterate. Tries to convince these people that it would be better with a government with the consent of the government. The state of nature breaks down because what is reasonable to. Stage 1: how were we in the state of nature. Developing model of what people are really like.
