Vocabulary
This entity creates order, protects people, and makes ways to settle disagreements peacefully.
What is Government?
Government officials make our decisions.
What is Leadership?
Thomas Hobbes wrote this book about his political philosophy in 1951.
What is Leviathan.
Locke wrote this book in 1690.
What is Second Treatise on Government?
This document states, "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."
What is the Declaration of Independence?
This is a political community that occupies a definite territory and has an organized government.
What is a State?
The government provides a court of law, law enforcement, and limits and expands our rights to...
What is Maintain Order?
Hobbes had a specific view of human life that he believed led us into social contracts. He called this...
What is State of Nature?
What is Peaceful?
This is "standards of justice which transcend laws made by humans" and generally they are universally accepted "wrongs."
What is Natural Law?
The belief that a monarchy’s power was given to them by the authority of God.
What is Divine Right?
The government will provide safety for citizens (military) and engage in foreign relations.
What is National Security?
Hobbes wrote a theory that states, "groups of people will give up some of their freedoms in exchange for protection and order."
What is Social Contract Theory?
Locke made up the concept of "natural rights," which means you are free to do as you please as long as you don't bother anyone else's...
What are Unalienable Rights?
The policy of restricting the power of government officials in order to ensure the freedoms of the people.
What is Limited Government?
The government provides things to increase our quality of life such as schools, road systems, and laws and standards (like the FDA).
What are Public Services?
Hobbes had an idea about who should be in charge of groups of people to create order. He thought a ___ would be best suited for the job.
What is a King?
Locke differed from Hobbes regarding leadership. Locke believed leaders could not take away ______. (2 words)
What are Natural Rights?
This IS mentioned in the Declaration of Independence, which relates to WHY we resisted the Monarchy in Britain.
What is Right of Resistance?
A document outlining the fundamental principles and structures of a government.
What is a Constitution?
To provide this, the government will make trade deals with foreign countries, intervene in economic affairs, stimulate economic growth, and provide economic assistance to citizens.
What is Economic Security?
Hobbes thought that providing order was good enough for leaders to give to their people, so he did not think citizens had a _______. (3 words)
What is Right to Resist?
Locke made the theory that the people have the authority to alter or abolish their government when it fails to fulfill its purpose.
What is Consent of the Governed?
These were written by Thomas Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence.
What are Unalienable Rights?