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| (Two Treatises of Government) People have a natural right to life, liberty and property. Rulers have a responsibility to protect those rights. People have the right to change a government that fails to do so. |
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| (Leviathan) People are driven by greed and selfishness. To avoid chaos, they give up freedom to a strong government that will ensure order and be able to suppress any rebellions that might develop. |
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| (the social contract) People are basically good but become corrupted by society;unequal distribution was the greatest evil of society. In an ideal society, people would make laws and would obey them willingly having put their faith in the "general will" or the will of the people. |
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| (a vindication of the rights of women) |
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| members of a group of Enlightenment thinkers who tried to apply the methods of science to the improvement of society. |
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| an Enlightenment thinker who searched for natural laws to explain economics |
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| rules that govern human nature |
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| agreement by which people give up their freedom to a powerful government in order to avoid conflict |
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| ornate style of art and architecture popular in the 1600s and 1700s |
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| decorative, useless art form. made by the rich, high class. |
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| rights that belong to all humans from birth |
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| policy allowing business to operate with little or no government interference. |
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| market in which goods are bought and sold without restrictions |
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| informal social gathering at which writers, artists, and philosophers exchanged ideas |
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| A device consisting of a heavy blade held aloft between upright guides and dropped to behead the victim below |
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