Name: A Dip into Philosophy: John Locke v Thomas Hobbes
Start: 2025-12-01T18:30:00+13:00
End: 2025-12-01T20:30:00+13:00

Put simply, John Locke thought that all humans are born as tabula rasa, or a blank state, and human nature is formed by the inflow of experience and knowledge. Hobbes thought (put rather crudely) that humans are born power hungry dickheads who are just looking out for their own intereests.

What is human nature? What role does genetics play in our understanding of human nature today? Are humans generally speaking nice people but a lost cause?

Or as Charlie Brown once said, "I have nothing against humanity, its people I can't stand?

What is the basis for a constructive human community? Hobbes laughed at Locke and probably thought he was naive dickhead. Was he right (if you look at the quote above)?

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