During Locke's time he argued that rulers are not absolute in their power, that they to are bound to the laws of nature. He suggested that a monarch who violated trust should be over thrown. ... Locke also preached that a monarch who violated the trust that had been placed in him could be overthrown. ... The political ideas of the Whigs were also derived from Locke's views. ... And Rousseau talks about the majority vote, which is needed to impeach a president for example, so both of there political ideas were so in genius that we still use them almost everyday. ...

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He may be an absolute monarch of his property, but his power will last only as long as all other individuals or states leave him in peace. Locke's assertion is that no one can be subjected to the political power of another without his own consent. ... When these individuals choose to form into political and civil societies the commonwealth takes on the power of protection and punishment. ... Locke lists four limits to the power of the state all of which show a common sense, practical approach to the distribution of power and all of which are evident in modern democratic political soci...

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Plato believed that the average person can't make good political decisions and should be left out of the decision making process. ... He believed that the power should be separated into three groups: The Counsel, The Senate, and The Tribunes. The counsel would represent the interests of the monarch, the senate would represent the interests of the aristocrats, and the tribunes would represent the interests of the people as a whole. This way advice is taken from the widest range of people without giving one group all the power. ... Locke never wanted there to be a sovereign power and that t...

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John Locke believed people formed political societies for several reasons, but first and foremost he suggested that people create political societies for protection. ... Why will he give up his lordly status and subject himself to the control to someone else's power" (Bennett 40). ... Locke explains that political bodies work best when all men subject to the laws develop and agree upon them. ... Protestants that had previously been unfairly ruled by Catholic absolute monarchs feared giving Catholics more freedom might lead to absolutism of Catholic rulers again (John McKay et. al. 5...

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Rousseau helps us explore his idea of freedom while reading his work and reveals insight about what political conditions are needed for humans to realize what genuine freedom is. ... Laws, morals, rulers, leaders, monarchs, governments, etc. are jurisdictions and shape our ideas and beliefs. We believe those who are in control or have power. ... He believe there is such a thing as genuine freedom and can be obtained depending on current political conditions. ...

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Locke was growing up during the English Civil War, in which Parliamentary forces battled King Charles I over matters of taxation, political power, and true religion. ... Locke remained a physician, tutor, and political advisor to the Shaftesbury family until the Earl died in 1683. ... John Locke's works including the Two Treatises of Government was a wring about political philosophy. ... One is to refute the doctrine of the divine and the absolute right of the Monarch, and to establish a theory which would reconcile the liberty of the citizen with political order. ... Locke's politi...

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