Why Government? : 4 Philosophers speak forth

What event shaped Thomas Hobbes' views?

• English Civil War

• American Revolutionary War

• World War I

• Hundred Years War

Who believed that people were inherently evil?

• Adam Smith

• Descartes

• Montesquieu

• Thomas Hobbes

Who believed in separation of powers?

• John Locke

• Thomas Jefferson

• Montesquieu

• Rousseau

Who believed that people were corrupted by society?

• Machiavelli

• Descartes

• Rousseau

• Kant

Who wrote the Leviathan?

• Locke

• Jefferson

• Descartes

• Hobbes

What are the rights you have ffrom birth that the government should defend called?

• Natural Law
• Natural Rights
• State of Nature
• Social Contract

What were the Natural Rights, according to Locke? (select the best answer)

• Safety
• Life, Liberty, and pursuit of happiness
• Property
• Life, Liberty, and Property

This person thought a natural law for protecting rights was to separate government into three branches

• Diderot
• Wollstonecraft
• Beccaria
• Montesquieu

In Hobbes and Locke's social contract, the people always give ________ to the government

• Divine Right
• The power to violate the people's rights
• Consent to rule
• The keys to their heart

Guess the philosopher who inspired this section of the US Constitution:

Article. II ,Section. 1.The executive Power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America. Article. I., Section 1 All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives. Article III., Section 1: The judicial Power shall be vested in one supreme Court. . .

• Locke

• Rousseau

• Hobbes

• Montequieu