| A | B |
|---|
| natural law | rules discoverable by reason that govern scientific forces such as gravity and magnetism |
| Thomas Hobbes | a 17th century English thinker of the Enlightenment. Wrote The Leviathan - where he argued that people were naturally cruel, greedy and selfish.They need a "social contract" & an orderly government. |
| John Locke | a 17th century English thinker of the Enlightenment who had optimistic view of human nature. Wrote Two Treatises of Government. Said best government had limited power and was accepted by all citizens. |
| social contract | an agreement that Thomas Hobbes said people enter into. They give up their freedom for an organized society. |
| natural right | John Locke believed that people had certain natural rights, or rights that belonged to humans from birth....life, liberty and property. |
| philosophe | "thinkers", or "philosophers" of the 1700s during the Enlightenment. Believed that using reason could help change government, law and society. |
| Montesquieu | studied governments of Europe and wrote "the Spirit of the Laws". Came up with the idea of the 3 brances of government - legislative, judicial & executive |
| Voltaire | x |
| Diderot | x |
| Rousseau | z |
| laissez faire | z |
| Adam Smith | z |
