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Enlightenment Views of Government

John Locke•People are born with natural rights•Government protects these rights•Government by consent

Thomas Hobbes•Government is needed to insure order•Exchange some rights for freedom and order, social contract

Jean-Jacques Rousseau•People are basically good•Society corrupts people•Government for common good

Baron de Montesquieu•Best government divides power among branches of government

Most of the views will be reflected in our US government

Enlightenment Views on Society

Voltaire

French Philosophe

Jailed and exiled for writings

Justice, toleration, liberty

Diderot

French writer

His Encyclopedia spread Enlightenment ideas

Attacked by church and government

Why are most of these Enlightenment scholars (Voltaire, Diderot, Rousseau, and Montesquieu) from France?

Mary Wollstonecraft

Challenged traditional views of women

Demanded equal rights

Education was key for equality

Adam Smith

Wrote The Wealth of Nations

Supply and demand controlled economy

No government regulation

What impact have these thinkers had on our modern society?

Enlightened Despots

Frederick II of Prussia

Catherine the Great of Russia

Joseph II of Austria