LOCKE’s Second Treatise of Government and ROUSSEAU’s Discourse on the Origin of Inequality & The Social Contract

LOCKE’s Second Treatise of Government and ROUSSEAU’s Discourse on the Origin of Inequality & The Social Contract

Write an essay that answers ONE of the following questions using John Locke’s ‘Second Treatise of Government’ and Jean-Jaques Rousseau’s ‘Discourse on the Origin of Inequality’ & ‘The Social Contract’.

1) According to Locke and Rousseau, is obeying a renouncing of one’s liberty?, OR
2) Compare and contrast Locke and Rousseau’s understanding of human equality and explain how it translates in their respective work., OR
3) What role do Rousseau and Locke give to religion and does it influence the way they conceive of the social contract?

LOCKE’s Second Treatise of Government and ROUSSEAU’s Discourse on the Origin of Inequality & The Social Contract

Primary sources only. Quote directly from each book. NO SECONDARY SOURCES.

Use from these books:
1. Second Treatise of Government, chapters II, III, V, VIII, IX, XIX
2. Discourse on the Origin of Inequality
3. The Social Contract, Book I; Book II-Chapters 1-VII; Book III-chapters I-II, IX-XII; Book IV-chapter 1; Book IV-chapters VII-VIII.

LOCKE’s Second Treatise of Government and ROUSSEAU’s Discourse on the Origin of Inequality & The Social Contract

By admin in Essays on August 2, 2016