Political Philosophy and Autocracy Concepts

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Who wrote "Leviathan" that argued that the social contract was that citizens had to give up their freedoms to be ruled by a monarch?

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Thomas Hobbes

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Who argued that man in the state of nature (without government) that life would be "nasty, short, brutish, and harsh?"

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Thomas Hobbes

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What is the term that means that one person is in control and gets to make all decisions?

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autocracy

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What is a monarch?

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A monarch is a king or queen who rules a kingdom.

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How do monarchs come to power?

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Monarchs come to power primarily through hereditary succession.

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A type of autocracy where one person holds total control over the government, often rules by force or intimidation, limits or eliminates political opposition.

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Dictatorship

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A government that controls personal and economic freedoms. It results in extreme propaganda and mass murder of opposition. This government wants to even control what people think.

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Totalitarian government

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A doctrine that says that a monarch is only accountable to God and not the people.

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Divine Right of Kings

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A movement in Europe that emphasized reason, science, and individual rights.

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Enlightenment

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Which Enlightenment philosopher argued that the social contract was for government to protect natural rights?

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John Locke