Why Government?

Before governments, Thomas Hobbes believed that people lived in a...

• Community of Cooperation

• State of Nature

• State of Being

• Nature of Humans

What does Hobbes describe as the state of nature?

• Time without rights

• Lots of fighting

• No protections

• No security

A social contract is...

• An agreement between a government and its citizens

• A demand from the government

• An organization to protect citizens

• A demand of the people

Which philosopher created the idea of tabula rasa, the belief that humans are born with a blank slate?

• Rene Descartes

• Thomas Hobbes

• John Locke

• George Berkeley

Locke believed that people shared these natural rights...

• Life

• Liberty

• Property

• Pursuit of Happiness

How is LOCKE'S view of the social contract different from Hobbes?

• Governments protect people's natural rights

• People can revolt if the government does not fulfill their promises

• People need to give up all of their rights to live peacefully

• Three branches of government are necessary

Which value would Hobbes and Locke agree upon?

• Life, liberty, and property

• The government should protect people's natural rights

• Without the government, people would be in a state of nature

• People should have political power

In Hobbes' belief, the American colonists had the right to rebel against the British King.

• True

• False

The government should offer protections and provide services. Who would agree?

• Hobbes

• Locke

• Both

• Neither

Which philosopher do you agree with more?

• Thomas Hobbes

• John Locke