WGU C963 - Quizzes 1-23 Objective Assessment|
175 QUESTIONS ANS ANSWERS-New Actual
Questions and Answers|2025 Update 100% Correct
What describes characteristics of a social contract? - 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? - 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? - 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? - ANSWER -To acknowledge and
protect natural rights
What is an important weakness of a social contract? - ANSWER -Social contracts
require consensus
What is true about natural rights? - 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? - 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? - 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? - ANSWER -
Society is not natural, but created by the people
What are the social contracts constructed to be compatible with? - ANSWER -
Human Nature and Natural rights
Which was designed with a concern for the tyranny of factional majority? - ANSWER
-The constitution
What is the Enlightenment? - ANSWER -The source of our ideas about natural
rights
-A period of Western European history following the Middle Ages
Why does the Enlightenment influence American politics and government? - ANSWER
-Those immigrating to the American colonies are attracted to the Enlightenment's ideas of
liberty and property
-The colonist have a long history of self-government, consistent with the Enlightenment's idea's
about government by consent
-Ideas of the Enlightenment frame the colonists' response to British violations of natural rights.
, How do conflicting ideas of the Enlightenment influence American government and politics? -
ANSWER -The constitution sets up a system of government that isn't favorable to
the democratic expression of the popular will
-The protection of private property can interfere with the government's dealing with important
social needs
What ideas are embodied in the Declaration of Independence? - ANSWER -The
idea that governments are created by people to protect their natural rights
-the natural rights of life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness
In what key ways does the Constitution differ from the Declaration of Independence? -
ANSWER -is more concerned with controlled rather than expressing the popular
will
-makes justice more important than liberty
What type of rights are contained in the Bill of Rights? - ANSWER -Natural rights
-Procedural rights
The Constitution's first three articles create separate legislative, executive and judicial branches,
is consistent with: - ANSWER -Montesquieu's theory for the separation of
political power
175 QUESTIONS ANS ANSWERS-New Actual
Questions and Answers|2025 Update 100% Correct
What describes characteristics of a social contract? - 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? - 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? - 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? - ANSWER -To acknowledge and
protect natural rights
What is an important weakness of a social contract? - ANSWER -Social contracts
require consensus
What is true about natural rights? - 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? - 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? - 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? - ANSWER -
Society is not natural, but created by the people
What are the social contracts constructed to be compatible with? - ANSWER -
Human Nature and Natural rights
Which was designed with a concern for the tyranny of factional majority? - ANSWER
-The constitution
What is the Enlightenment? - ANSWER -The source of our ideas about natural
rights
-A period of Western European history following the Middle Ages
Why does the Enlightenment influence American politics and government? - ANSWER
-Those immigrating to the American colonies are attracted to the Enlightenment's ideas of
liberty and property
-The colonist have a long history of self-government, consistent with the Enlightenment's idea's
about government by consent
-Ideas of the Enlightenment frame the colonists' response to British violations of natural rights.
, How do conflicting ideas of the Enlightenment influence American government and politics? -
ANSWER -The constitution sets up a system of government that isn't favorable to
the democratic expression of the popular will
-The protection of private property can interfere with the government's dealing with important
social needs
What ideas are embodied in the Declaration of Independence? - ANSWER -The
idea that governments are created by people to protect their natural rights
-the natural rights of life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness
In what key ways does the Constitution differ from the Declaration of Independence? -
ANSWER -is more concerned with controlled rather than expressing the popular
will
-makes justice more important than liberty
What type of rights are contained in the Bill of Rights? - ANSWER -Natural rights
-Procedural rights
The Constitution's first three articles create separate legislative, executive and judicial branches,
is consistent with: - ANSWER -Montesquieu's theory for the separation of
political power
