What describes characteristics of a social contract? ✔✔-Specification of natural rights
-a definition of human nature
-a collective expression of a
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In what ways is the state of nature important for constructing a social contract? ✔✔-The State of
Nature gives definition to what it means to be human
-The state of nature gives definition to natural rights
Why is it important to now what the quality of life is like in the state of nature? ✔✔-It explains
the incentive for working cooperatively with others
-it helps to frame the type of social contract that is needed to make individual life better
What is the purpose of the social contract? ✔✔-To acknowledge and protect natural rights
What is an important weakness of a social contract? ✔✔-Social contracts require consensus
What is true about natural rights? ✔✔-They let you do what you need to survive and be secure
-They impart an equality of being among all people
What is true about the state of nature? ✔✔-is a thought experiment upon which a definition of
proper society and government built
-permits a philosophical definition of human nature
What conditions are required for a social contract to work? ✔✔-Consensus among whose whom
the social contract applies to
-uniformity of ability and purpose among those who agree to the social contract
Which of these describes the the theory of the social contact? ✔✔-Society is not natural, but
created by the people
What are the social contracts constructed to be compatible with? ✔✔-Human Nature and Natural
rights
Which was designed with a concern for the tyranny of factional majority? ✔✔-The constitution
What is the Enlightenment? ✔✔-The source of our ideas about natural rights
-A period of Western European history following the Middle Ages
Why does the Enlightenment influence American politics and government? ✔✔-Those
immigrating to the American colonies are attracted to the Enlightenment's ideas of liberty and
property
-The colonist have a long history of self-government, consistent with the Enlightenment's idea's
about government by consent
-Ideas of the Enlightenment frame the colonists' response to British violations of natural rights.
How do conflicting ideas of the Enlightenment influence American government and politics? ✔✔-
The constitution sets up a system of government that isn't favorable to the democratic expression
of the popular will
-The protection of private property can interfere with the government's dealing with important
social needs
What ideas are embodied in the Declaration of Independence? ✔✔-The idea that governments are
created by people to protect their natural rights
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