HISTORY
ABSOLUTISM AND REVOLUTION
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Question
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In exploring the relationships between governments and people, Thomas Hobbes argued that governments resulted form a social contract to maintain an orderly society. John Locke, another philosopher of the Enlightenment, inspired American revolutionaries by arguing that a new social contract could be instituted under what circumstance?
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if a government violated people’s natural rights
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if a government failed to compel obedience
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Locke and Hobbes both share a vision of the social contract as instrumental in a state’s political stability. However, their respective philosophies were informed by a starkly contrasting vision of human nature.
Detailed explanation-2: -Hobbes theory of Social Contract supports absolute sovereign without giving any value to individuals, while Locke and Rousseau supports individual than the state or the government.
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