Believes n best form of gov

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Believed humans were naturally good and believed in the social contract, natural rights of human beings People are naturally good at heart and deserve to have freedom and should have a say in the government

King Louis XIV

Can the people be trusted to govern?: No. people can not be trusted because they need an orderly society and strict rules to keep them in order. ideal form of gov: absolute monarchy

Thomas Hobbes

His ideal form of government is an absolute monarchy because he felt that it was the only way to control the citizens because otherwise there would be chaos. He felt that the people cannot be trusted to govern because they are naturally cruel and will make bad choices for the society.

Baron Montesquieu

Ideal form of gov. is to break up into three separate branches to protect liberty. (executive, judicial and legislative). people can be trusted to govern because they're moral, and not bad.

John Locke

If the government does not protect the three natural rights of the people, the people have the right to create a better social contract and overthrow the government. He believed that all people were good and were able to govern themselves

Mary Wollstonecraft

any form of government is fine as long as people's right's are protected. yes people can be trusted to govern as long as they protect the people's needs.

Cesare Beccaria

believed that punishment should fit the crime, but the punishment should not be death. (death penalty should be abolished)trusted the people to govern, as long as they did not make unnecessary or useless laws. He was a bit unsure about letting people make the laws, but never doubted them in proving him wrong.

Voltaire

trusts people to govern because he believes they are mostly moral and good people believes he should let the people do the thinking and whichever government best fits that is what the gov. will most likely be