The Modern Project: Victims of Auswitz
"At the time I did not indulge in deliberation: I had received the order, and I had to carry it out . . . I do not believe that even one of the thousands of SS leaders could have permitted such a thought to occur to him. Something like that was just completely impossible." - Rudolf Hoss, commandant of Auswitz, when asked why he did not refuse to obey the order to execute prisoners en masse. Nazi Germany was responsible for the execution of some 12 million Jews, socialists, slavs, political dissidents, and others not fitting the Nazi view of what man should be: a sad result of the prohibition of questions. Keep in mind that this was not the only human tragedy tied to modernity. The modern era has also witnessed two of the largest wars in the history of man (World War I, 1914-1918, and World War II, 1939-1945), The ruthless rule of Stalin over the Soviet Union (this resulted in the execution of anywhere from 20 to 40 million individuals), Pol Pot's regime in Cambodia (2-3 million executions), and an at times tense Cold War that threatened nuclear annihilation.

Pictured above: German troops at Auswitz set bodies of individuals that they have gassed on fire. They were doing this in the open air because they were executing individuals faster than the cremation ovens could burn the bodies.

The Ancients:
Plato's Republic: Use this link to find specific evidence and examples to demonstrate the Ancients' approach to philosophy.

Social Contract theroists and their works:
Thomas Hobbes, LEVIATHAN: If you choose Hobbes you need to read the following excerpts from LEVIATHAN: Hobbes' Introduction, Chapters 1, 13, 14, 15, 17, 20, 21, 25, and 26. You may wish to review other chapters in order to help you better understand this work and find additional evidence for your outline.
John Locke, Second Treatise on Government: If you choose Locke you must read the following excerpts from his "Second Treatise on Government": Chapters 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 15, 16, 18, and 19. You may wish to review other chapters from this work as well in order to gain a better understanding of the work and find additional evidence for your outline.
Jean Jacques Rousseau, THE SOCIAL CONTRACT: If you choose Rousseau you will need to read the following excerpts from THE SOCIAL CONTRACT: Book I- Chapters 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8; Book II- Chapters 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10; Book III- Chapters 1, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 18; and Book IV- Chapters 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8. You may wish to examine other chapters in order to better understand the work and provide more evidence for your outline.