3. Where would YOU like to live?
State of Nature
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Total freedom
No job or
education required
No rulers
No laws
Nothing is against
the law
Social Contract
● Government’s job is
to protect the rights
we are born with
● Government taxes
your income to pay
for services like
roads
● Government makes
laws to protect the
common welfare
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4. State of Nature
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6. POLL
Do we need a government?
Thumbs Up
Thumbs Down
Thumbs to the side
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PERSPECTIVE
How did WE get HERE?
8. CAUSE/EFFECT:
EVENTS LEAD TO ENLIGHTENMENT
When you are figuring out causes and
effects, you are looking for a relationship
between two or more events.
Ask the question, ”What happened?” to
understand the effect.
Ask the question, “Why did it happen?” to
understand the cause.
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10. CAUSE
1448
Printing Press Invented by German,
Johannes Gutenberg
-Moveable type made it possible for the common
person to have access to books
13. EFFECT
1478: CONSEQUENTLY, the Spanish
Inquisition- began. Catholic Church
tortures Jews & Moors (to rid Spain
of non-believers) and thousands are
victims of burning at the stake,
beheadings and torture
14. CAUSE:
The Catholic Church sells
indulgences. An indulgence
forgave one of past sins and
allowed one after death to go
straight to heaven.
20. The Enlightenment
17th-early 19th c: PHILOSOPHERS LIKE
JOHN LOCKE & BEN FRANKLIN
condemned TYRANNY (rule by a
tyrant) and superstition like burning
“witches,"-> challenged traditional
social practices -> basis of American
Revolution & French Revolution
-> Called for SOCIAL & POLITICAL CHANGE
-> Valued JUSTICE and
EQUALITY for all
-> Emphasized human REASON
and SCIENCE as the path to
knowledge
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26. State of Nature
A state of nature is just
like living in a jungle.
A “state of nature” is
defined as life without
government or laws.
Who survives in a
state of nature?
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27. HUMAN NATURE -> LOCKE V. HOBBES
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Imagine…
You are walking down the
street and you notice that
the doors of a bank are wide
open. There are huge piles of
money sitting on the floor.
No one else is there. No one
will ever know whether you
go in and take some or all of
the money or if you just
keep walking.
Would you take the money? WHY OR WHY
NOT?
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30. 1.
Many students responded differently to the bank
scenario.
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What is your view of human nature?
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Are people born good? Born evil? Explain.
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31. 1.
Many students responded differently to the bank
scenario.
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What is your view of human nature?
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Are people born good? Born evil? Explain.
R
People are born good or evil.
A
Human nature is based on environment and innate
understandings.
C For example, in class many students said they
would steal the money. However, others cited their
guilt as a deterrent.
E Clearly, some students who said they would steal
were not taught right from wrong.
32. 2. Based on the bank scenario, what drives most people?
Selfishness? Guilt? Fear? Greed? Love? Kindness?
Compassion?
● How do you know?
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