Human Nature State Society Economy
- Rational - State must be - Natural societies - State should
- Guided by the representative with natural laws respect property
pursuit of - Government by and natural rights rights
self-interest consent
- POSITIVE - Limited gov PROPERTY = Laissez-faire economy
→pre-agreed rules NATURAL RIGHT
Mechanistic Theory : (constitutionalism)
- Can build a state Disapproved of those
which reflects Social contract without property having
freedom the vote
‘Government should - Threatens the
Rejects divine right of always be the servant, natural rights of
kings not master, of the people’ property owners
CL →’egotistical
individualism’
, KEY THINKER - MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT (CL)
Human Nature State Society Economy
Rationalism →both Monarchical state Existing society A free-market economy
genders should be replaced by a ‘infantilises’ women would be energised by
republic which the enterprise of
Intellectually, men and enshrines the rights of Female individualism liberated women
women not very different women stifled by society
By claiming women are
not rational you are
denying them of freedom
and formal equality