Social Contract Theory

Argue as much as you will, and about what you will, but obey!

• Emmanuel Kant

• John Locke

• Thomas Hobbes

• John Locke

Government must be conducted according to constitutional principles

• Capitalism

• David Hume

• Constitutionalism

• Emmanual Kant

A political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them

• Social Contract

• Democracy

• Capitalism

• Jean-Jacques Rousseau

A voluntary agreement among individuals to secure their rights and welfare by creating a government and abiding by its rules.

• Capitalism

• Democracy

• Social Contract

• Business Agreement

This person believed that people are born selfish and need a strong central authority.

A movement that began in Europe in the late 1600s as people began examining the natural world, society, and government; also called the age of reason

An economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state.

This English philosopher who advocated the idea of a "social contract" in which government powers are derived from the consent of the governed and in which the government serves the people; also said people have natural rights to life, liberty and property.

____________ believed that social contracts were not needed because everyone was born equal.

• Confusious

• David Hume

• Alexander Hamilton

• Democracy

Thomas Hobbes believed that people are capable of living in a