Survey
* Your assessment is very important for improving the workof artificial intelligence, which forms the content of this project
* Your assessment is very important for improving the workof artificial intelligence, which forms the content of this project
Locke Discussion Questions Zach Maserang, Emery Hailey, Jason Marks List and explain the qualities or characteristics in Locke’s “State of Nature.” Every man is bound only to the rules of Nature, completely independent of others, and equal. If the State of Nature is as wonderful as Locke describes, why do people leave it form a political society? The constant threat of others invading one’s personal freedom and the structure of society is appealing. The paradox of choice A contract is defined as an exchange of promises between two parties. Apply this definition to the social contract theory laid out in Locke’s essay. Laws based on individual beliefs in State of Nature Contract: Society/Government Man gives up personal freedoms for greater good Explain the condition under which government can be dissolved. If the government makes unjust laws without authority, it is the people's’ natural right to resist the government. Locke Declaration of Independence Natural Rights “Life, liberty, and property” “Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness” Purpose of Government “to preserve himself, his liberty, and his property” “to secure these rights” Equality “men being by nature, all free, equal, and independent” “all men are created equal” Consent of Governed “For when any number of men have, by the consent of every individual, made a community, with the power to act as one body, which is only by the will and determination of the majority.” “Governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.” Limited Government “Absolute arbitrary power, or governing without settled laws, can neither of them consist with the ends of society and government “The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations.” Right to Revolt “The people shall be the judge . . . Oppression raises ferments and makes men struggle to cast off an uneasy and tyrannical yoke” “...when a long train of abuses and usurpations evinces a design to reduce them under absolute despotism, it is their right to throw off such a government.”