Political Theory

The keyword Political Theory is tagged in the following 3 articles.

March 9, 2011 - 2066 words | Philosophy » Political Theory

John Dewey was an ingenious and significant figure whose criticisms spanned a wide range of disciplines, including philosophy, education, politics, aesthetics, and ethics. The late American philosopher Richard Rorty, in Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature, was quoted... Read Article »

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Democracy Political Theory Politics American Philosophy Social Contract Theory

Hobbes' Leviathan and Views on the Origins of Civil Government: Conservatism by Covenant

December 30, 2010 - 2552 words | Political Science » Political Theory

In his seminal text, Leviathan, the philosopher Thomas Hobbes offers what was then a radically novel conception of the origins of civil government. Hobbes’ ideas of the commonwealth are predicated upon his views of human nature and the state of mankind without... Read Article »

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Hobbes Thomas Hobbes Political Theory Leviathan Civil Government Social Contract Human Nature

John Locke On Equality, Toleration, and the Atheist Exception

December 2, 2009 - 3334 words | Political Science » John Locke

Political philosopher and social psychologist, John Locke, was an outspoken supporter of equal rights within a governed society. He espoused the natural rights of man, namely the right to life, liberty and property, and he articulated that every government’s... Read Article »

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Political Philosophy John Locke Religion Toleration Atheist Exception Locke Locke Philosophy Political Theory Political Science Locke Equality