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This is a 7 page paper discussing the ideals of the radical revolutionary and the liberal democratic schools of thought. The ideals of the radical revolutionary schools of thought as seen in the writings of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Karl Marx and Frederick Engels contrast in the basic elements of individuals and society from the school of liberal democratic thought advocated by Thomas Hobbes, John Locke and America’s founding fathers. Within the radical revolutionary school of thought governments were given certain rights over individuals in return for the protection of their citizens and the allocation of justice and the products of labor. Liberal democratic thought on the other hand believed that men were born were certain natural rights which could not be taken away unless voluntarily. In addition, if governments did not promote the general will of the people, they could be withdrawn. The basic rights of life, liberty and happiness in addition to Locke’s private property were the most consistent features found in the liberal democratic school and which were promoted in America and France shortly after they were proposed. The theories of Marx and Engels however originated the ideals of socialism in its truest form.
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the writings of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Karl Marx and Frederick Engels contrast in the basic elements of individuals and society from the school of liberal democratic thought advocated by Thomas Hobbes,
John Locke and Americas founding fathers. Within the radical revolutionary school of thought governments were given certain rights over individuals in return for the protection of their citizens and the
allocation of justice and the products of labor. Liberal democratic thought on the other hand believed that men were born were certain natural rights which could not be taken away
unless voluntarily. In addition, if governments did not promote the general will of the people, they could be withdrawn. The basic rights of life, liberty and happiness in addition to
Lockes private property were the most consistent features found in the liberal democratic school and which were promoted in America and France shortly after they were proposed. The theories of
Marx and Engels however originated the ideals of socialism in its truest form. Philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau was born in Geneva in 1712 and
through a series of his works which include "Discourse in the Study of the Sciences and the Arts", "Discourse on the Origin of Inequality", "Discourse on Political Economy" and one
of his better known works "The Social Contract", he discusses issues involved in radical or republican thought regarding the human condition, government and society, the rights of an individual and
the concept of freedom. Largely, Rousseau viewed society as "artificial" and "corrupt" and man who was essentially a good "noble savage" when he was in his "state of nature" became
unhappy and corrupted upon the development of civilization and society (Chew, Rousseau, 1996; Rousseau, 1987). In Rousseaus "The Social Contract" he contrasted much
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