Social Contract Theory -- Hobbes, Locke, and Rousseau

Where did Kings who had the Divine Right feel they got their power from?

• God

• Ancestors

In Thomas Hobbes' theory

• society would basically disintegrate due to violence and chaos

• society would flourish under the divine right of the king

John Locke believed that a government should exist but only to promote

• Life, Liberty, and Property.

• Social order through authoritative power.

Locke believed in a Representative Democracy which was:

• People elect representatives that make laws and govern on their behalf.

• People turn over their rights to a person who will have complete authority.

Rousseau believes that it is essential for people to 

• make laws that best suit the community and not just one person.

• give up their freedoms to authoritative powers.

Who believes that life is brutish? 

• Hobbes

• Locke

• Rousseau

Who believes that government protects life, liberty, and property? 

• Hobbes

• Locke

• Rousseau

Who believes that people surrender to the general will? 

• Hobbes

• Locke

• Rousseau