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What does the idea of "natural rights" mean?
Government has a right to rule because the citizens consent. Government authority is
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what would john locke think about
the sci-fi movie "total recall" He believed men were driven by greed. The villian in the movie
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What did Jean-Jacques Rousseau mean by the "general will"?
A. The decisions of the legislature. B. The political preference of
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Investigate what "natural rights" involved.
A. Reasoning why people might create a government in the first place. B. Reasoning
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What philosophy does Samuel P. Huntington follow? Who are some of his supporters and opposers?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samue
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what were john lockes attitudes about government
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Locke
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rousseau's beleives that man is good by nature. do you disagree and agree? i said disagree because i beleive that man is a
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what is the justicationf for john rawls maxamin rule. How is it compare and contrast with liertarianism and egalitarianism?
above
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Which Enlightenment thinker believed that people should have a say in the development of laws?(1 point)
Responses John Locke John
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In 1–2 sentences, analyze the ideas of Thomas Hobbes and the Enlightenment thinkers. Determine two ideas Hobbes had that were
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What did Jean-Jacques Rousseau mean by the “general will”?(1 point)
Responses the decisions of the legislature the decisions
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Investigate what “natural rights” involved.
A)reasoning about the natural development of inherited institutions B)reasoning
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Think about the goals and beliefs of the Enlightenment philosophers about the role and nature of government. What are the
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Which of these phrases best summarizes Legalism?(1 point)
Responses Harsh laws are needed to keep order in society. Harsh laws
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What did Hobbes and Locke believe the primary object of government was?(1 point)
Responses to create a just society to build a
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HISTORY; CIVIC; FINAL EXAM: (IN 1 SENTENCE)
2. WHAT IDEA DID LOCKE HAVE? 3. WHERE DO WE SEE THAT IN OUR GOVERNMENT TODAY? 4. WHAT
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Alexis de Tocqueville wrote about the “tyranny of the majority.” Explain the danger of majority rule?
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Thomas Hobbes believed that individuals give up personal liberty in exchange for a society of peace and security. This
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Thomas Hobbes believed that individuals give up personal liberty in exchange for a society of peace and security.
This philosophy
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In Common Sense, Thomas Paine argued that the colonies
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Wich of the following did Alexis de tocqueville believe would provide limitation on any excess of democracy
Federalism Foreign
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What did Hobbes and Locke believe the primary object of government was?(1 point) Responses to allow people to live their lives
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Which of the following offers the best comparison between Hobbes’s and Locke’s perspectives on the divine right of kings?
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Based on the excerpt, why did James Madison believe that federalism is needed in government? (1 point) Responses
it prevents
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Which statement BEST describes the philosophy of Sir Robert Filmer?
A. Kings derive their power from the consent of their
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Which of the following statements best reflects the concept of natural rights
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What did Jean-Jacques Rousseau mean by the “general will”?(1 point)
Responses the political preference of the public the
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One argument in favor of libertarianism, says James Rachels, is the argument from accountability. Which of the following best
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Identify whether the descriptions refer to Federalists or Antifederalists. (5 points)
Federalists Antifederalists :: Wanted a
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how was locke's principle of a natural right to property represented by the nation becoming one common market?
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Based on the expert, why did James Madison believe that federalism is needed in government
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In general, people often mistakenly believe that socialism as a theory is directly derived from __________.
Newton Rousseau
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James Madison writes that in an ideal world, all representatives, judges, and the president would be independently
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According to Locke, what happens when government does not uphold the social contract between the people and the government?(1
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Use the quote from Thomas Jefferson to answer the question.
“In truth it is afflicting that a man who has past his life in
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Which of the following statements best explains the relationship between natural rights and civic virtue?(1 point)
Responses The
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[When] the legislature shall . . . grasp [for] themselves, or put into the hands of any other, an absolute power over their
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"But every difference of opinion is not a difference of principle. We have called by different names brethren of the same
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Shi Huangdi believed in Legalism, a philosophy that held that (1 point)
Responses government jobs should be giving to the most
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Which kind of men did Plato believe should rule
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How does diderot think a government/leader obtain power?
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what does diderot think natural rights are? what does he believe to be true?
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what does diderot think should be considered a citizen?
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Is there such a thing as a social contract between citizens and government? In the point of view of Denis Diderot
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Should citizens be allowed to own private property?
answered from the point of view of Denis Diderot
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Questions 1–2 are based on the passage below and on your knowledge of social studies. . . . Nor is there liberty if the power
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What did Hobbes and Locke believe the primary object of government was?(1 point)
Responses to create a just society to create a
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Use the quote from Thomas Jefferson to answer the question. “In truth it is afflicting that a man who has past his life in
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According to John Locke's Social Contract Theory, who should hold the power?
(1 point) Responses The Government The Government
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“To understand political power right, and derive it from its original, we must consider what state all men are naturally in,
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