Garrett Sheldon assesses the transition within Thomas Jefferson’s ideology as he initiates with deep Lockean Idealogy and shifts towards more Democratic Republic beliefs associated with Christians ethics, and Scottish moral philosophy, etc. Jefferson utilized Locke’s philosophies in his revolutionary movement to maintain independence and human rights during the revolution and as he writes the Declaration of Independence. He applies ideas from John Locke’s Second Treatise based on the idea of having natural right to life, liberty, and property and the spread of that ideology. He believes that everyone should have equal religious and economic liberties.
Jefferson’s change towards classical republican develops post-revolution. He believes that …show more content…
He strongly attacked the Church of England and its influence in society. This dislike allowed him to encourage a separation of church and state. This separation was to encourage Americans to incite Jesus’ teachings. He thought that by allowing religious freedom that people would be more inclined to follow Christian doctrine.
With his preoccupation for a new republic, Jefferson is more concerned with local legislative policies, and draws from Aristotle, Montesquieu?, and Scottish moral philosophers. He starts to drift from the Locke inclinations and starts to believe human beings as inertly more and more social with a political duty. That political duty incited direct participation in community life including education, government affairs, and economic habits. Most importantly, Jefferson drew from their ideas of self-governance and began to show more and more similarities politically with Greek politics.
As a member of the Virginian gentry, Thomas Jefferson wished to replace traditional societies with more Democratic Republican government or systems. He wanted to do so on the basis of civic virtue and aristocracy based on merit. With the help of land expansion westward and decrease in land taxes, he programmed to increase agrarian power and give them more autocracy and political
Jefferson’s change towards classical republican develops post-revolution. He believes that …show more content…
He strongly attacked the Church of England and its influence in society. This dislike allowed him to encourage a separation of church and state. This separation was to encourage Americans to incite Jesus’ teachings. He thought that by allowing religious freedom that people would be more inclined to follow Christian doctrine.
With his preoccupation for a new republic, Jefferson is more concerned with local legislative policies, and draws from Aristotle, Montesquieu?, and Scottish moral philosophers. He starts to drift from the Locke inclinations and starts to believe human beings as inertly more and more social with a political duty. That political duty incited direct participation in community life including education, government affairs, and economic habits. Most importantly, Jefferson drew from their ideas of self-governance and began to show more and more similarities politically with Greek politics.
As a member of the Virginian gentry, Thomas Jefferson wished to replace traditional societies with more Democratic Republican government or systems. He wanted to do so on the basis of civic virtue and aristocracy based on merit. With the help of land expansion westward and decrease in land taxes, he programmed to increase agrarian power and give them more autocracy and political