answers 2024\2025 A+ Grade
Major contributors to social contract theory
- correct answer Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, Jean-Jacque Rousseau, Montesquieu
Thomas Hobbes view of society and what social contract theory should protect
- correct answer World is nasty; right to life
John Locke view of society and what social contract theory should protect
- correct answer World is decent and rational; right to life, liberty, and property
Jean-Jacque Rousseau view of society and what social contract theory should protect
- correct answer World starts out good but declines with population increase; right to liberty
State of nature
- correct answer A condition in which no governments or laws existed at all
Social contract theory
- correct answer A voluntary agreement between the government and the governed
Natural rights
- correct answer The idea that all people have rights to life, liberty, and property