Chapter 17 Flashcards
(14 cards)
Natural law
Rules that are discoverable by reason and govern scientific forces
Thomas Hobbs
Was a 17th century thinker who helped set fourth ideas for enlightenment.
John locke
Was a 17th century thinker and who helped set fourth ideas for enlightenment. Believed people were naturally good and had certain rights
Social contract
An arguement where people gave up freedom for and organized society
Natural rights
Rights that belonged to humans from birth.
Philosophies
Means philosopher and were French enlightenment thinkers.
Montesquieu
Studied the government of Europe and wrote a book that discussed the governments throughout history.
Voltaire
Was the most famous of the philosophers and battled inequality, injustice, and superstition
Diderot
Wanted to change the general way of thinking and complied all philosophers works in to a book he called the encyclopedia
Rousseau
Beloved people in the natural state were good but corrupted by society.
Laissez faire
Allows a business to operate with little or no government interference
Adam smith
Wanted a free market should be allowed to regulate business activity
Censorship
A restriction of access to ideas or information
Salons
Informal social gatherings where philosophers, writers, and artists exchange ideas
