USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -In American political discourse, states’ rights are political powers held for the state governments rather than the federal government according to the United States Constitution, reflecting especially the enumerated powers of Congress and the Tenth Amendment.

Detailed explanation-2: -A Social Contract In order to have real authority, government must be based on an agreement, or contract, people make with society. People agree to give up some natural freedoms in exchange for protection. The government then follows the general will-those things that are in the best interest of society as a whole.

Detailed explanation-3: -For Hobbes the state of nature is essentially a state of war while Locke depicted the state of nature as essentially a state of peace, goodwill and mutual assistance.

Detailed explanation-4: -The state of nature, for Rousseau, is a morally neutral and peaceful condition in which (mainly) solitary individuals act according to their basic urges (for instance, hunger) as well as their natural desire for self-preservation. This latter instinct, however, is tempered by an equally natural sense of compassion.