New Enlightenment

What's your mood today?

• GREAT

• GOOD

• SO SO

• BLAH

What does "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness" mean to YOU?

Match the following

• Agreement among individuals to create a society

• Social Contract

• Reason and logic as the primary source of authority

• Philosophy

• Universal moral principles inherent in nature

• The Enlightenment

• Study of fundamental questions about existence, knowledge, and ethics

• Natural Law

Match the following

• Hands-Off Approach

• Absolutism

• Free Market

• Capitalism

• Life, Liberty, and Property

• Laissez-Faire

• Divine Right of Kings

• Natural Rights

What words can you think of to describe The Enlightenment?

What did the Enlightenment "do"?

• Nothing

• Challenged accepted ideas of that time period

• Made people too scared to speak to their king

• Authorized the use of force against rebellious citizens

What were some ideas that Enlightenment philosophers wanted to solve?

• world hunger

• improve literacy rates

• problems in government and society

• decreasing poverty rates

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) John Locke

,

(b) Thomas Hobbes

,

(c) Absolutism

,

(d) Democracy

• Monarchies are best

• government should protect our natural rights

• one ruler with all the power-generally thought to be chosen by God

• People are selfish and greedy

• a government based on the citizens ability to vote

• people are born equal

• give up freedoms for safety and peace

• Monarchs are NOT chosen by God

What does it mean to be FREE?

What Enlightenment philosopher thought that people are basically good?

• Rousseau

• Hitler

• King Henry VIII

• Abraham