Jean-Jacques Rousseau: Cooperative Contracts
Introduction Your principal decides she’s going to hold a meeting to get student feedback on how to improve the school. She decides it will be
Enlightenment
Maximilien Robespierre: Beliefs vs Actions
Background Take a moment to picture the ideal, perfect world. Odds are you thought about world peace, global health, the end of poverty, and an
Montesquieu: The Spirit of Separation
Problem How do people generate new ideas and theories? How do you come up with good ideas when there are millions of people who probably
Thomas Hobbes: Sign Here, Society
Problem Why do we have governments? They aren’t strictly necessary for our survival. How are they supposed to interact with their people? Where does their
Voltaire: Candid Creator
Problem You might be familiar with the question, “If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it
John Locke: A New Slate for Governing
Background We all have different experiences and perspectives, but different doesn’t necessitate bad. In fact, we’re taught to approach unfamiliar situations and people with an
