Why Government?

Before governments, Thomas Hobbes believed that people lived in a

• community of cooperation

• state of nature

• state of being

• nature of humans

What does Hobbes describe as a State of Nature

• there is cooperation between people and governments

• all people have rights to everything

• no one had any rights except the king

A social contract is

• an agreement between government and its citizens

• a demand from the government

• an organization to protect citizens

• a demand of the people

Which philosopher created the idea of the tabula rasa, the belief that humans are born with a blank slate?

• Descartes

• Hobbes

• Locke

• Berkley

Which philosopher believed that people shared the natural rights of life, liberty, and property?

• Hobbes

• Locke

• both

Which philosopher believed in a sovereign ruler?

• Hobbes

• Locke

• both

How is a state of nature and a social contract similar?

• there are no laws

• people have a right to property

• there is a set government

• you are on your own

How can people obtain the rights to life, liberty, and property?

• They have to earn them through work

• The government grants it to them

• They are born with them

• It will cost them lots of money

The government should offer protections and provide services. Who would agree?

• Hobbes

• Locke

• both

• neither

What would a democracy offer according to Locke and Rousseau?

• power in the hands of a monarch, or king

• power with the people

• no possibility to disagree with government

• a state of nature