The Social Contract (SC) Theory in Western political thought at its core is about

Which one of these is a new idea that will enter the discourse on politics in the West that will pave the way for the Social Contract (SC) Theories?

Which of these major Western institution lost its moral relevance and paved the way for new political ideas such as the Social Contract (SC) Theory?

Which of the following was NOT part of the socio-political context of England which shaped the discourse of the Hobbesian Social Contract?

Which of the following made Charles I and James I very unpopular and with it the monarchy in the England in which Hobbes wrote?

As a student in Oxford, Hobbes embraced a particular approach to political philosophy. Which of the following was it?

What did Hobbes mean by the “State of Nature?”

Hobbes differs fundamentally with other social contractarians of his era because

What did Hobbes mean by “Glory” in his discourse on his Social Contract?

In Hobbes’s State of Nature which of the following was a key right?

As a student Hobbes was dissatisfied with which of the following traditions?

Which of the following captures the meaning of the claim: “All political philosophy is political thought but not all political thought is political philosophy?”

Which of the following is true about political philosophy?

In the Hobbesian Social Contract Theory what is meant by the Efficiency Constraint?

Which of the following is true about Hobbes’s State of Nature?

The citizen’s right to rebel against government, as suggested by John Locke, is in line with

According to Jean-Jacques Rousseau freedom leads to...

Natural man’s anthropological distinction from the animal kingdom makes.............possible.

Consider the options that follow and choose the appropriate combination: i. Inequality: Reason ii. Inequality: Against natural law iii. Inequality: Rooted in private property

John Locke suggests anarchy in the state of nature is not disorder because

From the perspective of Jean-Jacques Rousseau civil society and private property enabled humanity

In the state of nature pity, according to Jean-Jacques Rousseau, takes the place of

What price according to John Locke did humanity have to pay in return for the security of the state?

Consider the statements below and choose the correct combination: i. Legislators who enslave citizens put themselves in a state of war with them. ii. Governments must protect the right to property. iii. The U.S. Second Amendment guarantees the right to bear arms.

Consider the statements and choose the correct combination: i. Locke says political power is for public good. ii. Locke’s state of nature is a condition of chaos. iii. People remain in the state of nature without a political authority.

Consider the statements and choose the correct combination: i. God created man and decreed self-preservation ii. Locke was a materialist obsessed with private property iii. The law of nature obliges all to avoid harming others

Consider the statements and choose the correct combination: i. Without reason, law of nature has no effect ii. Labor creates property iii. Locke’s conception is complete without law of nature

Consider the statements and choose the correct combination: i. Law of nature defines right and wrong via reason ii. It needs a sovereign to function iii. It can be enforced by individuals

Consider the statements and choose the correct combination: i. Victims who commit murder undermine law of nature ii. International system is in state of nature iii. No state can punish international aggression

The State, mankind’s greatest trick ever, succeeded only because the

Charles Mills argues that the modern world has been politically constructed by which of the following?

Charles Mills' work introduced which of the following for our understanding of social contract theory?

With (insert missing phrase here) ..the worker sinks to the level of a commodity and becomes indeed the most wretched of commodities... This quote reflects Marx’s thoughts on:

There is an important caveat to the Racial Contract. Which of these is it?

Which of the following was central to Hegelian thought?

Marx critiqued the bourgeois for being moral hypocrites because

Both Marx and Hegel agreed that one of the following was inimical to building the ideal society. Which one?

Which of the following does Hegel consider as the most important entity in the Lockean state?

Which of the following pairs captures the two modes of analysis of The Racial Contract?

There is an important caveat to the Racial Contract. Which of these is it?

With Rousseau in mind, consider the statement: "The first man who thought to say ‘This is mine,’ and found people simple enough to believe him..." This is a reference to:

Identify the correct pair which triggered the processes towards the formulation of the Social Contract Theories in Western Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries.

Consider the statements below and choose the appropriate combination: i. The law of nature, through reason, defines what is right and wrong ii. It does not require a sovereign iii. It works only when individuals can enforce it

Consider the statements below: i. The people rely on God for restitution when property rights are violated ii. Governments defend the social contract by protecting property iii. The Second Amendment ensures state militias are maintained

The Racial Contract (TRC) of Charles Mills is different from other Social Contract Theories by virtue of:

With Marx in mind, consider the following: i. Class “for itself” involves a common relation to production ii. Class “in itself” is about acting in self-interest iii. Class “in itself” leads to revolution

With Garvey in mind, consider the following: i. Africans should adopt white strategies ii. They should not learn white strategies iii. They should avoid “talking down” their own race

Garvey’s idea of African “race purity” means

With Kollontai in mind, consider the following: i. Feminists oppose “double morality” for women ii. Feminists dare to love freely iii. Feminists avoid political engagement

Ultimately, the Racial Contract leads to the construction of

The turn to civil society in the Racial Contract is marked by

Which of the following key concepts did Hegel introduce to modern Western political thought?

According to Marcus Garvey, “the race or the nation has POWER that is exclusive...” This means

The State under communism has a separate existence apart from civil society.

One of the key critiques of Hobbes's Social Contract is that political subjects obey the sovereign out of

For Hegel, thinking dialectically about history leads to

The worker feels alienated in labor because

Social contract theorists in the Western tradition drew their ideas from peculiar sources. Which pair is inappropriate?

Consider the statements below: i. Under socialism, production is nationalized ii. Under communism, goods are abundant due to fairness iii. Class disappears in communism

For Hobbes's civil society the state primarily is concerned with guaranteeing

What did Hobbes mean by "felicity" in his discourse on his social contract?

In Hegelian thought, philosophy of history is akin to

Which of the following in Hegelian political theory is the embodiment and guarantor of freedom?

Class for itself is a consciousness vital to the triggering of a proletarian revolution to "create a dictatorship of the proletariat", transforming workers from mere wage earners into a business class.

In the state of nature why will two natural men inevitably fight if they desire the same thing?

"His social contract represents the triumph of reason rather than hard necessity" — this statement is true of

An Essay Concerning Human Understanding is written by:

In describing the ‘State of Nature,’ the concept of the veil of ignorance was introduced by:

Which of the following was central to Hegelian thought?

Both Hegel and Marx believed in a particular mode of analysis known as

Which of the following is true about political philosophy?

John Locke argues that an agreement to make a government and follow its laws is known as a

Which of the descriptions below does Charles Mills use to refer to the way in which the state of nature is presented in Hobbes?

Identify the correct pair which triggered the processes towards the formulation of the Social Contract Theories in Western Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries.

In Locke’s political philosophy, the chief end of men’s uniting into a commonwealth is

Which of the pairs captures Charles Mills’ conception of the State of Nature?

At its deepest core, Hobbes’s Social Contract is about

The state of nature for John Locke is considered

Hobbes differs fundamentally with other social contractarians of his era because

John Locke insists that every man, by consenting with others to make one body politic under one government, puts himself under an obligation to everyone of that society to submit to the determination of

Rousseau’s political philosophy furnished the basis for which of the following?

What did Hobbes mean by the “State of Nature?”

Charles Mills’ Social Contract is brought into being by agreement between

Rousseau’s natural man is virtually identical to a solitary

In the Lockean Social Contract people surrendered

What does Charles Mills mean when he argues in his work The Racial Contract that all whites are beneficiaries of the racial contract but not all are signatories?

Who is described as the “Intellectual Father” of the French Revolution?

The Racial Contract mounts a challenge against other contractarian theories because it considered them to be

According to John Locke the Sovereign was

Which of the following captures THE difference between Locke and Hobbes and their Social Contracts?

In Hobbes’s State of Nature which of the following was a key right?

In Rousseau’s philosophy, society’s negative influence on men centers on its transformation of

The Racial Contract is anchored fundamentally on categorizing non-whites as

Which of the following was NOT part of the socio-political context of England which shaped the discourse of the Hobbesian Social Contract?

John Locke argues that an agreement to make a government and follow its laws is known as a

Most critics of the Hobbesian Social Contract consider it

John Locke argues that a man in the state of nature will relinquish his absolute freedom to the state because

One of the attributes of the sovereign in Thomas Hobbes’s view is control of religious conduct. By this he did NOT mean

The Racial Contract is underpinned by three sub-contracts. Which of the options below is the odd one out?

The sovereign in the Hobbesian Social Contract is not subject to it. Why is this so?

Which of the phrases below capture Locke’s reasoning concerning the chief end of men’s uniting into a commonwealth?

The Racial Contract and the contractarian theories that preceded it converge on the primacy of

In Locke’s analysis of the state, legislative power is limited by

Charles Mills came up with the Racial Contract for a number of reasons. Which of the following is NOT part of his reasons?

According to John Locke, every man, by consenting with others to make one body politic under one government, puts himself under an obligation imposed on all members of that society to submit to the determination of

In the Lockean state of nature people enjoyed only

The Racial Contract (TRC) of Charles Mills is different from other Social Contract Theories by virtue of

Which of the following were considered the most important rights enjoyed by the people in the state of nature in John Locke’s theory?