Social Contract Theory (and other stuff)

Many political philosophers met and discussed their ideas on government during the 1600's and 1700's. The was also known as the _______________ Period.

• Enlightenment

• Lighted

• Victorian

• Revolutionary

He believed that people created government and chose to be governed, by contract, between the ruler and the ruled.

• Locke

• Hobbes

• Rousseau

• Montesquieu

He believed in dividing the government power into separate branches in order limit corruption.

• Locke

• Hobbes

• Rousseau

• Montesquieu

Montesquieu, wanting to protect the people and limit government from getting too powerful, said there should be _________ and _________ in place.

• law and order

• checks and balances

• checks and lawyers

• scales and balances

What did John Locke believe all people were born with? 

• Natural Rights
• Life
• Liberty
• Property

Your Natural Rights include: Life, Liberty, and ...

• the Pursuit of Happiness
• Property
• Slaves
• Money

What is an agreement between people and the government?

• Consent
• Natural Rights
• Social Contract
• Voting

What, then, is the purpose of government?

• Make us happy.
• Take our money.
• Enforce order.
• Protect all people. 

What was the name of Thomas Hobbes's book on government?

• Behemoth
• Gargantua
• Leviathan
• Colossus

How did Hobbes sum up people's quality of life in a state of nature?

• life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
• poor, nasty, brutish, and short
• fulfilling, long-lived, philosophical, and introspective
• scared, hungry, lonely, and cold