Government

Who believed the government should protect a person's three natural rights: life, liberty, and property?

• Rousseau
• Beccaria
• Wollstonecraft
• Locke

(1632 - 1704) - English philosopher who wrote about his theories concerning the natural rights of man, the social contract, the separation of Church and State, religious freedom, and liberty. Locke’s theories influenced the American and French revolutions.

• John Locke

• Thomas Hobbes

• Aristotle

• Plato

(1588 -1679)- English philosopher who felt that people and nations were in a constant battle for power and wealth. He thought that an absolute monarchy was the best government for England. He distrusted democracy, but thought that authorized representatives as the voice of the people, would prevent a monarch from being unfair or cruel.

• Aristotle

• John Locke

• Plato

• Thomas Hobbes

Hobbes' book was called...

• Qur'an

• Leviathan

• Odyssey

• Don Quixote

In Hobbes' mind, who should be in charge?

• king

• pope

• queen

• himself

Hobbes thought that a _ would be the best form of unitary, absolute government.

• republic

• monarchy

• democracy

• oligrachy

For both Hobbes and Locke, the social contract is an agreement between...

• plaintiff and defendant
• sovereign states
• companies and shareholders
• citizens and government

How did Locke view human nature?

• We are a born a 'blank slate', and we develop differently according to our life's experiences..
• We are naturally altruistic and usually willing to compromise.
• We are inquisitive and industrious.
• We are naturally selfish and quick to fight.

Tabula rasa theory suggests that people are born...

• evil and need to be governed.

• good and need no government.

• a blank slate, neither good or bad.

• to be in nature living with the animals.

The willingness of people to hand over their rights to rules in exchange for law and social order is called...

• method of government

• enlightenment agreement

• social contract

• US Constitiution