Topic > The Role of Reason in Human Behavior - 1568

Freud and Thomas Hobbes disagree with Plato and Aristotle regarding the role of reason in human behavior, and all four disagree with Jean-Paul Sartre on the same issue. Describe.Freud, Hobbes, Aristotle, Plato, and Sartre were all famous philosophers, each of whom had their own theory of human behavior. The two philosophers Freud and Thomas Hobbes disagreed with Plato and Aristotle regarding their explanations of the behavior of human beings. Freud's theory argues that human behavior was absolutely selfish and warlike, but on the other hand Hobbes' theory emphasizes that human beings are simply like a natural device motivated by personal desires. The theories of Freud and Hobbes were somewhat in agreement with each other because they both believed that human nature was based more on self-concerns than on the concerns of others. Plato's theory of human behavior is different from that of Freud and Hobbes because Plato thought that human behavior involved three elements which were reason, appetite, and aggression (Velasquez, 2010). Aristotle believed that human nature was the product of pre-established reasons. Plato and Aristotle suggested that the most important part of human nature is reason because it takes precedence over the desires and assertiveness of human beings. Even though Freud and Thomas Hobbes didn't exactly agree on Plato and Aristotle's theory of human behavior, they all disagreed on the theory that Jean-Paul Sartre had to offer philosophy. As for Sartre's theory, he believed that humans have no purpose on this earth unless they decide to create a purpose for themselves. Sartre firmly believes that we have the ability to create our self which in turn will make us human. Sartre believes that... the medium of paper... aspires to cause a distribution to be questioned whether it is fair or not. According to Nozick people should be able to make their own decisions about what to do with their property (Lucibella). Works Cited Johnson, O.A. (October 4, 1965). God and Saint Anselm. vol. 45. N. Lucibella, C. (n.d.). Toppling the Jenga Tower: A Critique of Nozick's Participation Theory.Pharmakon Journal of Philosophy: Issue 2.Shimozaki, S.S., Eckstein, M.P. & Abbey, C.K. (December 12, 2003). An ideal observer with channels with respect to independent processing of spatial frequency and orientation features in visual search performance. vol. 20, no. J. Opt. Soc. I am. A. Taylor, D. P. (2009). Structure and transition: towards an accretivist theory of time. Velasquez, M. (2010). Philosophy: A text with readings 11th edition. Mason, OH: CengageLearning.