Government: Political Philosophy

A political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them

• Social Contract

• Democracy

• Capitalism

• Jean-Jacques Rousseau

A voluntary agreement among individuals to secure their rights and welfare by creating a government and abiding by its rules.

• Capitalism

• Democracy

• Social Contract

• Business Agreement

This person believed that people are born selfish and need a strong central authority.

An economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state.

This English philosopher who advocated the idea of a "social contract" in which government powers are derived from the consent of the governed and in which the government serves the people; also said people have natural rights to life, liberty and property.

In order to check the authority of these monarchs, ordinary people needed access to education.

• Jean-Jacques Rousseau

• John Locke

• David Hume

• Thomas Hobbes

English philosopher who advocated the idea of a "social contract" in which government powers are derived from the consent of the governed and in which the government serves the people; also said people have natural rights to life, liberty and property.

• Buddah

• Paul McCartney

• John Locke

• George Washington

A political theory in which a government or set of governments could only be deemed legitimate if it's supported by the people it governs.

• Ideology

• Majority Rule

• Popular Consent

• Diplomacy

He established "inalienable rights".

• Locke

• Hobbes

• Rousseau

• Montesquieu

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

• Locke

• Hobbes

• Rousseau

• Montesquieu