Why Government 1
English Philosophers.
Who are Locke and Hobbes.
A social contract is between which two groups?
What are the government and the people.
According to Hobbes a social contract is what kind of street?
What is a one way street.
A social contract.
What is an agreement between the people and their government.
Locke said that a social contract was what kind of street.
What is a two way street.
The book that Hobbes wrote.
What is The Leviathan.
Locke said that under a social contract the citizens had the right to do what if their government did not keep their promises.
What is vote them out.
Hobbes believed that before there were governments people lived in this.
What is a State of Nature.
Locke changed the focus of government from Monarchy to this.
What is democracy.
Locke said the purpose of government was to protect peoples what?
What are natural rights.
Locke believed if there was no government it would lead to this.
What is a State of Nature.
Philosopher who had the biggest influence on modern day government.
Who is John Locke.
Hobbes said when people entered into a social contract and handed over power for protection they also gave up the right to do this?
What is replace their government.
Hobbes believed that a single _____ should have total authority over the people.
What is a sovereign.
The three rights that Locke says everyone is born with.
What are Life, Liberty and Property.
What question were many philosophers of the time trying to answer.
What is Why do we have governments.
Hobbes was more concerned with these than peoples rights.
What are order and protection.
The founding father who studied Locke's writings and incorporated the ideas into the constitution.
Who is Thomas Jefferson.
Tabula Rasa means this.
What is blank slate
These are the rules in a State of Nature.
What is there are no rules.