Ideological Thinkers Review

This thinker believed individuals needed to give up private property and return to the state of nature, governed under a direct democracy

• John Locke

• John Stuart Mill

• Karl Marx

• Jean Jacques Rosseau

This individual was a strong proponent of accountable government and believed individuals were entitled to inalienable individual rights

• John Locke

• John Stuart Mill

• F.A. Hayek

• Thomas Hobbes

This thinker believed that individuals were brutal and selfish, and needed to surrender their rights to an authoritarian government in exchange for security

• John Locke

• Karl Marx

• Thomas Hobbes

• John Maynard Keynes

The only reason that the government should get involved in an individual's life is if they threaten to harm another individual

• Edmund Burke

• Thomas Hobbes

• John Stuart Mill

• John Locke

This thinker developed the idea of separating power between the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial Branches of government

• Edmund Burke

• John Locke

• MIlton Friedman

• Baron of Montesquieu

This thinker was wary of change and believed that traditional values and the status quo were of central importance.

• Baron of Montesquieu

• Edmund Burke

• John Locke

• Karl Marx

This thinker first developed the theories of capitalism and believed that individuals looking out for their own self-interest would benefit society.

• Karl Marx

• Robert Owen

• Adam Smith

• F.A. Hayek

This thinker was appalled by the working conditions of the industrial revolution and believed that if factory owners would take it upon themselves to improve conditions for their employees, all of society would benefit

• Robert Owen

• Karl Marx

• John Maynard Keynes

• Milton Friedman

This thinker was deeply troubled by market volatility and the failure of the market to correct itself during the Great Depression. They felt that fiscal and monetary policies were essential to fixing the economy.

• Robert Owen

• Karl Marx

• F.A. Hayek

• John Maynard Keynes

This thinker believed that the proletariat would inevitably rise up against the bourgeoise, claim power for themselves, and establish a classless society

• Robert Owen

• Jean Jacques Rosseau

• Karl Marx

• John Maynard Kenyes