Moon Jae In Kim Jong Un
In the modern day, there are many leaders that follow and support the philosophy of Locke’s and Hobbes’. Locke’s philosophy was that everyone is entitled to freedom of speech, thought, religion, and property. No one is able to take away these rights from anyone since they were born with it. An example of a modern leader that believes in Locke’s philosophy is the president of South Korea, Moon Jae In. Hobbes’ philosophy was that the king should have all the power because people are innately evil and they need to be controlled and be protected from themselves. An example of a modern day leader that believes in Hobbes’ philosophy is dictator of North Korea, Kim Jong Un.
South Korea follows Locke’s philosophy by having citizens vote for their own leader and if they dislike their leader, they can impeach him or her. An example of this was when Park Geun Hye was impeached for corruption, and she was replaced with Moon Jae In. An example of Moon Jae In’s belief in Locke’s philosophy was shown when Moon Jae In got voted into power with the votes of the people. Additionally, before Moon became a president, he protested against president Park Chung Hee for restricting people’s personal freedom in exchange for protection. This shows that Moon Jae In is following Locke’s philosophy because he is using his freedom of speech to impeach the president for trying to take away the natural rights of the citizens.
North Korea follows Hobbes’ philosophy by having the dictator to have all the power in order to protect the citizens. Kim Jong Un was born under Kim Jong Il and he was born under Kim Il Sung. This family restricted the rights of people to protect the people and created weapons to protect them from other countries as well. People don’t have the right to speak up against the government and if they do, they get killed. This shows that Kim Jong Un’s philosophy is similar to Hobbes because Kim believes that having one central power is a good form of government. Since his family was always a military dictatorship for generations, Kim Jong Un is continuing this legacy.
Philosophies of Locke and Hobbes caused these countries to develop differently. South Korea became a technological haven due to the right of people, while North Korea is more military based because the government invests more in military. The difference in leaders is that Moon Jae in is more open to ideas, meanwhile Kim Jong Un is more strict. This proves that these philosophies can shape the countries differently.
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