Please write a thoughtful, coherent, well-argued, and well-presented 4-5 page essay on one of the following topicsEach question asks you to address the writings of John Locke and/or Karl Marx that are assigned in this course.
Question: Absolute monarchy, according to Locke, and capitalism, according to Marx, each represent a system of tyranny. Please write an essay comparing these two accounts of tyranny. Why is absolute monarchy a system of tyranny according to Locke? Why is capitalism a system of tyranny according to Marx? Your analysis should touch on each theorist’s understanding of freedom and of possible alternatives to tyranny. Try to identify where these theorists agree or disagree about the nature of tyranny and freedom. Finally, please discuss whether both of these theorists, only one, or neither is right, and why.
Question: Absolute monarchy, according to Locke, and capitalism, according to Marx, each represent a system of tyranny. Please write an essay comparing these two accounts of tyranny. Why is absolute monarchy a system of tyranny according to Locke? Why is capitalism a system of tyranny according to Marx? Your analysis should touch on each theorist’s understanding of freedom and of possible alternatives to tyranny. Try to identify where these theorists agree or disagree about the nature of tyranny and freedom. Finally, please discuss whether both of these theorists, only one, or neither is right, and why.
Readings in question: Second Treatise of Government (1689), Karl Marx, “Estranged Labor” and “The Meaning of Human Requirments” Karl Marx, “On the Jewish Question,” Marx and Engels, The Communist Manifesto (1848), Parts I, II, and IV (pages 473-91, 499-500 in Tucker anthology), and On Liberty (1859).
