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Francois – Marie Arouet (1694-1778)
(“Voltaire” was pen-name)
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• RELIGIOUS TOLERANCE
• RESPECT OF THE RIGHTS OF MAN, ABOLISH TORTURE AND CRUEL PUNISHMENTS
• ALL PERSONS SHOULD BE CREATED EQUAL
Charles-Louis De Secondat Baron De La Brede Et De Montesquieu (1689-1755
Balance of power in Government
• BELIEVED THAT GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE DIVIDED INTO THREE BRANCHES WITH SEPARATE BUT EQUAL POWERS
• LIKED ENGLAND’S MODEL
– KING (ENFORCES LAW)
– PARLIAMENT (MAKES LAWS)
– ENGLISH COURTS (INTERPRETS LAWS)
– WAS A GOOD MODEL, BUT NEEDED SOME
TWEAKING
John Locke (1632 -1704)
Life, Liberty,Life, Liberty,Life, Liberty,Life, Liberty,
and the Pursuit*and the Pursuit*and the Pursuit*and the Pursuit*
*(of property)*(of property)*(of property)*(of property)
John Locke and Tabula Rasa
• TABULA RASA- LATIN FOR “BLANK SLATE”
• ALL PEOPLE ARE BORN “GOOD”, INDEPENDENT, AND EQUAL.
• “LIFE, LIBERTY AND THE PURSUIT OF PROPERTY”
• NO ONE HAS AN AUTHORITY OVER OTHERS
Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)
James Madison (1751-1836)
Federalist or AntiFederalist or AntiFederalist or AntiFederalist or Anti----Federalist. Federalist. Federalist. Federalist. That is the question?That is the question?That is the question?That is the question?
I am Your Father!……
Kind of...
• KNOWN AS, “FATHER OF
THE CONSTITUTION”
• WROTE 12 BILL OF RIGHTS,
10 WOULD BE INCLUDED
INTO THE CONSTITUTION
Jean - Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778)
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SOCIAL CONTRACT
• People give up certain rights to a government or
authority to receive or maintain social order