Aristotle
Kingship, with one ruler, devolves into tyranny.
Hobbes:
"I believe that a government headed by a king is the best form of government."
Locke:
"people are born with rights, if the king violates those rights they should get rid of him"
Locke: "all peaceful beginnings of government have been laid in the consent of the people."
people have the absolute rights to freedom and the right to property. There rights are absolute. Only the goverment should have the power when it comes to justice to take action.
Rousseau: What if the King is a flawed person? Just because you're born with an important name doesn't mean you are the best!!
i agree with this, power can go to someone's head, and their last name should not just hand them the power over the rest of civilization.
Rousseau
"Man is born free and everywhere he is in chains"
Hobbes: Believed that a powerful state was needed to impose order (supreme power). A government ruled by a king was the best place for sovereignty could to place. People shouldn't make their own decisions.
People should have a say in the governments decisions. Ethics and politics are too close to each other.
People have to be selfish though in there decision because it's for them not for anyone else. A king leads to tyranny.
Hobbes: A king would be more consistant in the decisions.
The king would be a part of the wealthy and more than likely the poor or common people can outnumber them. Trying to level it out would just turn into civil war.
Hobbes: Once the people gave the king absolute power, they have no right to revolt against him.
Locke:
the government should be in place to enforce laws, not to hold all of the power.
what happens if the people rise up against the government? If there is no sence of power there would be chaos.
Plato:
The state ought to be governed by an elite class of educated philosophers.
Plato:
"The government should be ran by the elite. It makes no sense that we should proceed to put people in charge who have shaky, or, worse yet, no philosophical positions."
John Locke: " all peaceful beginnings of government have been laid in the consent of the people."
I Believe That Plato Is A Good Political System To Live By Because It Reassures Me On How Protected, Organized, Assembled Our Higher Classes Are, Thus Making Less Chances Of A Mistake Popping Up Or Someone Not Knowing What They Are Doing. There Is A Saying Called " Not Worthy" For A Reason.
Machiavelli: I beleive that the ideal political system is one that is ruled by one ruler because they are easier to maintain and are difficult to conquer.
Locke
" We give up our right to ourselves exact retribution for crimes in return for impartial justice backed by overwhelming force. We retain the right to life and liberty, and gain the right to just, impartial protection of our property."
Locke believe people are born knowing and practicing whats right and wrong. He criticized government that were to controlling.
Lock: A social contract was not an agreement among people but between them and their goverment as well.
Locke
"The king did not hold absolute power, but acted only to enforce and protect the natural rights of the people."
John Locke & Thomas Hobbes
All mankind... being all equal and independent, no one ought to
harm another in his life, health, liberty or possessions.
-John Locke
It is not wisdom but Authority that makes a law.
-Thomas Hobbes
An ideal political system would in fact be a political system that acknowledges that people have unaliable rights and steps in when the rights of people are being harmed. The government should only step in and take actions when they need to protect the rights of people and their safety and well being. The government should also set firm laws that should be followed no excuses and if these laws are broken there should be severe punishment that follows. Some humans may follow laws because of their moral state of mind is to do the right thing but others are carless and feel that they should be able to do as they please. Regardless of how good people are or how bad they are people need rules to goveren them or it could possibly lead to chaos. Forming this government should avoid total rule because a total rule could lead to tyranny and could lead for a government to be overthrown.
Hobbes: The only truly effective government that will not eventually devolve into pure anarchy is one governed by one entity. Two minds can never form complete harmony in regards to ethics, politics, or the organization of man, and because of this, no matter how great they may appear on paper, democracies can never work. Man can not break away from his natural tendencies for self-preservation and so cannot be given liberties to rule himself. All power must be given to an individual. This will ensure that their selfish actions to preserve their own life will likewise benefit the common man in place to serve them.