Social Contract Theory

According to Rousseau, what is legitimate political authority based on?

• Slavery

• Nature

• Force

• A Social Contract

What do people get in return for surrendering their freedom to an absolute monarch, according to Rousseau?

• Preservation

• Peace

• Nothing of any value

• Security

What did John Locke believe in regarding political authority?

• Divine Right

• Nature

• Force

• A Social Contract

Who said, 'Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains'?

• Emmanuel Kant

• John Locke

• Thomas Hobbes

• Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Theory of State that best explains the US government.

• Force Theory

• Divine Right

• Evolutionary Theory

• Social Contract

The belief that people are free and equal by natual right, and that this in turn requires that all peole giver their consent to be governed.

• Social Contract Theory

• Diving Right Theory

• Force Theory

• Rule of Law

Which theory believes states exist to protect and serve their people?

• evolutionary

• force

• divine right

• social contract

Who is considered the father of Social Contract Theory?

• A) John Locke

• B) Thomas Hobbes

• C) Jean-Jacques Rousseau

• D) Immanuel Kant

Which philosopher believed that life in the state of nature was 'solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short'?

• A) John Locke

• B) Thomas Hobbes

• C) Jean-Jacques Rousseau

• D) Immanuel Kant

According to John Locke, what is the main purpose of government?

• A) To enforce laws

• B) To protect natural rights

• C) To maintain order

• D) To expand territory