“State of Nature” Island Scenario
Your plane has crashed on a desert island. You have nothing with you but the clothes on your back and whatever is in the plane; you have no food, water, and shelter. The people with you are complete strangers to you; for all you know, they could be thieves or murderers.
Because you are not a part of any real society and there are no laws, government, and authority telling you what you can and can’t do, you have complete freedom to do whatever you please.
You are living in, what philosophers such as Thomas Hobbes, John Locke or Rousseau called, the “state of nature.” In the “state of nature,” every man and woman is completely equal and has complete freedom of action. You all have your natural rights of life, liberty, and property. However, because there are no formal rules, there is no guarantee that you and your natural rights are secure or safe from one another…
Part 1: How Do You Picture and Act in the “State of Nature?”
Directions: Write some sort of creative writing piece (i.e. diary entry, letter, news report, etc.) that describes this island “state of nature.” This piece must be at least two paragraphs.
In your work, you must include the following in order to receive full credit:
Part 2: Where’s the food?
Directions: You and/or your group have spent three days looking for food, but you have been unsuccessful. You’re all starving. Miraculously, while you are all near each other, one person finds one piece of fruit. Everybody wants it, but how will you all decide who gets it? Remember, any of you can do whatever you want to obtain it – there are no rules or formal punishments. In other words, you have the right to steal or murder if you’d like.
Part 3: The Social Contract
Step 3: You and the other occupants have established a society that can best be described as (use the three theorist as a basis for this as they saw society and the roles government should play and the role the castaways (citizens) play ______________________________________And so, you have all agreed to agree to a “social contract” (some basic ideas and rules) which you use to make into very specific laws. To do this, you will have to limit your freedom. Create a list of at least 7-10 rules that you’ll live by. Your ultimate goal is to make sure that your rules protect your natural rights to life, liberty, and property. Make sure you develop this so if your fellow classmates read it they would agree to it. If you put forth ideas that you think might not receive a “consent of the governed” then rewrite them until you feel they would be acceptable. Remember, in order for a rule to be made into a law, a majority[1] must consent.
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Part 4: History is Written by the Victors
Write a brief “history” of your society as if it is suddenly far in the future and you all have already figured things out. Explain what “happened” to make your society go from the state of nature into a civilization through a social contract.
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