Enlightenment Economics

Who was the Englishman that questioned feudal claims of hereditary superiority in the late-17th and 18th centuries?

• Thomas Hobbes

• John Locke

• David Hume

• Francis Bacon

During which period did thinkers begin to question feudal claims of hereditary superiority?

• Renaissance

• Middle Ages

• Late-17th and 18th centuries

• Industrial Revolution

What was the core idea of Locke's theory regarding human potential?

• It is fixed at birth

• It is influenced by wealth

• It is unknown and equal at birth

• It is determined by education

What did Locke's ideas imply about specialized knowledge?

• It is inherited

• It is learned through experience

• It is innate

• It is irrelevant

According to Locke, what rights should the state protect?

• Wealth, power, and status

• Life, liberty, and property

• Education, health, and employment

• Freedom, justice, and equality

What should happen to a government that fails to protect natural rights, according to Locke?

• It should be praised.

• It should be ignored.

• It should be reformed or removed.

• It should be given more power.

What does Locke's philosophy emphasize about government and rights?

• Governments should have unlimited power.

• Rights should be protected by the government.

• Rights are irrelevant to government.

• Governments should ignore individual rights.

What does the consent of the governed policy imply?

• Governments can act without consent.

• Governments need the consent of the people.

• Governments should not be questioned.

• Governments are always right.

What does Locke's philosophy suggest about the role of government?

• To control all aspects of life

• To protect inherent rights

• To ignore individual needs

• To promote inequality

What movement was predicated on individual rights, rationality, and governmental limitations?

• The Renaissance

• The Enlightenment

• The Industrial Revolution

• The Reformation