Wednesday, September 19, 2012
7 and 1/2 Americans group 2 section 19
Today we talked about Thomas Hobbes, a man who wasn't very optimistic about the nature of humans thinking them nasty and morally filthy beings. He also said that a society that was controlled by a dictator so it was not right to keep people under oppression just to maintain order and that democracy was the better option but wasn't for them at the time. We then talked about how democracy doesn't have much order which is because no one is afraid of their government.
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I don't personally agree the people should be oppressed just to keep them in order, I feel that Hobbes has the same mindset of any dictator who has risen to power. He believed that the only way to protect and guide the people is to rule and control them. I think this can work, but we have seen how all of the governments in the past have come to an end, and I feel it is better to allow people to be free and make their own choices.
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ReplyDeletediscussion question: is a society with order and happiness better than a society with freedom and chaos?
Factual Question: Was Spinoza viewed as an Atheist?