Due October 15, 2013
Many thinkers from the intellectual movement known as the Enlightenment influenced the founding fathers in developing their philosophy on just how government should be constituted and established amongst a group of people. Three of these philosophes are Thomas Hobbes, Algernon Sydney and John Locke. While each of these men may have some similarities with the others, each of their philosophies on government is different and unique.
In this blog discussion, each student will research all three of these Enlightenment thinkers using the links provided. Then each student will write an initial post defending the belief of one of the three: Hobbes, Sydney or Locke as being “better” than the other two. Students are reminded to include supporting evidence in their initial post and to provide a citation for their evidence. Research beyond the provided links is encouraged but remember wiki sites are NEVER acceptable sources!
Once each student does their initial post then they must then respond to their fellow classmates post as outlined in the grading rubric. Posts that include supporting historical evidence and citations will always score higher than those that do not!
Thomas Hobbes
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/hobbes/
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
http://www.iep.utm.edu/hobmoral/
Algernon Sydney
The Inspirational Founding Father
http://www.republicandemocracy.us/SydneyHistory.htm
The Libertarian Heritage
http://www.libertarianism.org/people/algernon-sidney
John Locke
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/locke/
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
http://www.iep.utm.edu/locke-po/
As always, remember to utilize different information than your fellow bloggers in your initial post.
