Which statement describes characteristics of a social contract? Select the three correct answers.
a. A specification of natural rights
b. A definition
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c. A manifestation of the will of God
d. A collective expression of a collectively shared interest
Social contacts reflect who we are, the rights we possess, and the interests we share. Social contracts define us as
human.
2. In what way isthe state of nature important for constructing a social contract? Select the two correct answers.
a. The state of nature offers an ideal in which a social contract should seek to emulate.
b. The state of nature gives definition to natural rights.
c. The state of nature gives definition to what it meansto be human.
d. The state of nature is fictional and offers nothing meaningful for constructing a social contract.
Society should be a reflection of what it means to be human, and natural rights must be acknowledged and
protected in a social contract.
3. Why is it important to know what the quality of life is like in the state of nature? Select the two correct answers.
a. It provides the basisfor a measure of human progress.
b. It explainsthe incentive for working cooperatively with others.
c. It helpsto frame the type ofsocial contract that is needed to make individual life better.
d. It provides a utopian goal for society to try and realize.
The reality is that how bad or good life is in the state of nature will guide the need to cooperate with others, and the
subsequent social contract will help overcome the drawbacks experienced in the state of nature.
4. What is the purpose of a social contract? Select the one correct answer.
a. To acknowledge and protect natural rights
b. To realize the will of God
c. To create naturalrights
Social contracts are created to acknowledge and protect natural rights.
5. What is an important weakness of a social contract? Select the one correct answer.
a. Social contracts are fixed.
b. Social contracts don't aspire to create a perfect moral order.
c. Social contractsrequire consensus.
d. Allsocial contracts eventually fail
Consensusis difficult to obtain in any society, which makessocial contracts difficult to implement.
6. Which statements are true about natural rights? (Choose the two correct answers.)
a. They compel the creation of democratic government.
b. They impart an equality of being among all people.
c. They are given by the government and not God.
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d. They let you do what you need to survive and be secure.
Since all people share the same set of natural rights given by God, they cannot be interfered with by a government.
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7. Which statements are true concerning the state of nature? Select the two correct answers.
a. Describes the relationship between human beings and animals.
b. Suggests that human beings are naturally social
c. Is a thought experiment upon which a definition of proper society and government are built
d. Permits a philosophical definition of human nature.
Enlightenment philosophers used the state of nature to define human nature and argued for a proper society and
government based on that nature.
8. What conditions are required for a social contract to work? Select the two correct answers.
a. A commitment to toleration
b. The desire for a utopian society among those who want the social contract
c. Consensus among those whom the social contract applies to
d. Uniformity of ability and purpose among those who agree to the social contract
The conditions needed for a social contract to work include consensus among those involved in the social contract
and a uniformity of ability and purpose among those who agree to it.
9. Which of these describes the theory of the social contract? Select the one correct answer.
a. Society is not natural but created by the people.
b. Society was created by God.
c. We must accept society as it is since it was naturally created.
d. The people do not control society, but society controlsthe people.
The social contract acknowledges that the people are in relationship with the government and there are obligations
the citizens have to a society.
10. What are social contracts constructed to be compatible with? Select the one correct answer.
a. Ordinary Rights and Government Rights
b. Direct and Representative Democracies
c. Human Nature and Natural Rights
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