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Which of the Enlightenment thinkers would agree with the idea that people are naturally good, but bad governments can corrupt them?
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Voltaire
Voltaire
Emmerich de Vattel
Emmerich de Vattel
Montesquieu
Montesquieu
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
He argued people are naturally good (the "noble savage") and that society — especially unequal or corrupt social/political institutions — corrupts human goodness (see Discourse on Inequality and The Social Contract).
He argued people are naturally good (the "noble savage") and that society — especially unequal or corrupt social/political institutions — corrupts human goodness (see Discourse on Inequality and The Social Contract).
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