Hobbes or Locke?

Humans are naturally selfish and quick to fight.

• Hobbes

• Locke

In a state of nature, everyone would have a right to everything. In order to get what they wanted, people would always be in conflict with one another.

• Hobbes

• Locke

Once people gave up some rights and power in exchange for protection, they lost the right to overthrow, replace or even question the government.

• Hobbes

• Locke

Believed in one single sovereign should have total authority over the people.

• Hobbes

• Locke

Wrote the book, Leviathan.

• Hobbes

• Locke

Wrote An Essay Concerning Human Understanding.

• Hobbes

• Locke

People are born with a mind like a tabula rasa. During life that tabula rasa gets filled up with things that person experiences.

• Hobbes

• Locke

Believed in a set of natural rights: life, liberty, and property.

• Hobbes

• Locke

Believed that governments should protect their citizens and protect their natural rights.

• Hobbes

• Locke

Believed that a citizens give up some freedoms but only if the government agrees to protect everyone's rights.

• Hobbes

• Locke