1. Philosophers John Locke and Jean-Jacques Rousseau
These theorists John Locke and Jean-Jacques Rousseau both analyze these ideas and declare that man subjects themselves to government by creating a social contract amongst themselves. ... Equality is very important to Locke amongst the government meaning that everyone has a vote and that there is a system of checks and balances to allow everyone the potential opportunity for their ideas to be heard. ... Philosophers John Locke and Jean-Jacques Rousseau, although similar in many ways, expertly define their different ideas of the social contract and what it takes to have a functioning society and...
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