Khan the social contract quiz

What might be a benefit of living in a world without government?

• Anarchy and chaos
• Laws to follow

• Unlimited rights

• Increased crime rate

True or False: In a world without government Hobbes thought that people have the freedom to take things from others

• True

• False

According to Hobbes, what might be a pitfall [downside] of living in a world without government?

• People can take away your freedoms

• There would be no taxes
• Everyone would have equal wealth
• There would be no wars

Who does the video say was one of the "fathers of political philosophy" ?

• Aristotle
• Thomas Hobbes

• Socrates
• Karl Marx

What event influenced Thomas Hobbes when he wrote 'Leviathan'?

• The French Revolution
• Napoleon

• The English Civil War
• The Spanish Inquisition

How did Thomas Hobbes believe humans behaved in the "state of nature"?

• They lived in peace and harmony
• In war

• They were guided by god

• They were naturally cooperative

True or False: Thomas Hobbes believed life would be better for humans without a government

• True

• False

What was Thomas Hobbes' solution to the chaos and anarchy found in the "state of nature"?

• Rule by the people, aka democracy

• Promotion of individual freedom
• Establishment of a strong central authority

• Promotion of religious authority

Thomas Hobbes said that "When a man thinks that peace and self defense require it, he should be willing, when others are too, to lay down his right to ________"

• food

• party

• everything

• obey

What was the theory Hobbes was referring to when people give up some rights in order to protect the rights they really want?

• Theory of Relativity

• Social Contract Theory

• The Divine Right Theory

• The Theory or Agrarian Socialism