Social Contract Theory Video - Dec. of Independence

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1. What are the benefits of having a government?

• Unlimited rights and freedoms
• Safety and order through laws and regulations
• Freedom to take from and harm others
• Infringement on individual freedoms

2. What are the consequences of not having a government?

• Unlimited rights and freedoms
• Safety and order through laws and regulations
• Freedom to take from and harm others
• Infringement on individual freedoms

3. What are individual freedoms?

• Property and movement
• Punishment and enslavement
• Infringement and conflict
• Force and fraud

4. What can happen if everyone has a right to everything?

• Conflict
• Safety and order
• Unlimited rights and freedoms
• Protection of individual freedoms

5. Who advocated for a strong central government?

• Locke
• Rousseau
• Hobbes
• Leviathan

6. What is the social contract?

• The agreement between people and their government to give up some rights in order to protect others
• The concept of individual rights leading to conflict
• The importance of individual freedoms
• The benefits of having government

7. What do individuals give up in the social contract?

• Some freedoms to a central authority to protect their health and happiness
• Ownership and legal control
• Unlimited rights and freedoms
• Infringment on individual freedoms

8. What does the government enforce in the social contract?

• Individual rights
• Unlimited rights and freedoms
• Infringement on individual freedoms
• Other rights that individuals really care about