WGU C963 - Quizzes 1-23- 174 questions- verified

What describes characteristics of a social contract? correct answer: -Specification of natural rights -a definition of human nature -a collective expression of a collectively shared interest In what ways is the state of nature important for constructing a social contract? correct answer: -The State of Nature gives definition to what it means to be human -The state of nature gives definition to natural rights Why is it important to now what the quality of life is like in the state of nature? correct answer: -It explains the incentive for working cooperatively with others -it helps to frame the type of social contract that is needed to make individual life better What is the purpose of the social contract? correct answer: -To acknowledge and protect natural rights What is an important weakness of a social contract? correct answer: -Social contracts require consensus What is true about natural rights? correct answer: -They let you do what you need to survive and be secure -They impart an equality of being among all people What is true about the state of nature? correct answer: -is a thought experiment upon which a definition of proper society and government built -permits a philosophical definition of human nature What conditions are required for a social contract to work? correct answer: -Consensus among whose whom the social contract applies to -uniformity of ability and purpose among those who agree to the social contract Which of these describes the the theory of the social contact? correct answer: -Society is not natural, but created by the people What are the social contracts constructed to be compatible with? correct answer: -Human Nature and Natural rights Which was designed with a concern for the tyranny of factional majority? correct answer: -The constitution What is the Enlightenment? correct answer: -The source of our ideas about natural rights -A period of Western European history following the Middle Ages