Thomas Hobbes and John Locke

Hobbes and Locke

Cultura y Civilización de los Pueblos de Habla Inglesa I. FL - UNC

Multiple Choice

Both Hobbes and Locke were against the Divine Hereditary Right of Kings.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

For Hobbes, the state of nature is a state of war. For him life is "nasty, brutish and short."

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

For Locke, the purpose of government is...

• To exercise power over people and put an end to universal war.

• To preserve man`s property and put an end to universal war.

• To preserve man`s property.

Multiple Choice

Locke believed that the rights of the individual (property, life and liberty) should be protected by the state.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Hobbes defended the idea of the division of powers and believed that the government could be overthrown.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

For Hobbes and Locke, the parties to the contract were the subjects and the government.

• True

• False

Writing Activity

To what extent was Hobbes' social contract similar to Locke's?

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