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According to Social Contract Theory, the contract is a set of rules:

i)  Governing how people ought to treat one another

ii) Rational people accept for their mutual benefit

iii) Each person utilize according to their subjective needs

iv) Established based on member's individual experiences in society


Question 1Select one:

a.
i, ii, iii


b.
i, ii


c.
i, ii, iii & iv


d.
iii & iv

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The social contract helps us to:

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a.
Develop a committee that decides who gets property


b.
Develop a safe zone where we can live without rules


c.
Develop the state, which can enforce rules and punish rule breakers

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Morality in the social contract theory is found:

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a.
In the bible


b.
In the rules that are necessary for social living.


c.
In the laws of nature


d.
In the norms of a social group

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According to Rousseau, man was changed from being morally pure. This coincided with:

Question 4Select one:

a.
the collective

b.
the naturalized social contract


c.
the normative social contract


d.
the general will

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Under the Normative Social Contract: 

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a.
Anything above 51% majority agreement is acceptable for an agreement/law to be be accepted.


b.
Almost a complete 100% agreement is required for any agreement/law.


c.
it is only the state that can vote on decisions/laws.
Assistant: **Question 1**

The Social Contract Theory typically proposes a set of rules that:

i) Govern how people ought to treat one another

ii) Rational people accept for their mutual benefit

The correct answer is:

b. i, ii

**Question 2**

The social contract helps us to:

c. Develop the state, which can enforce rules and punish rule breakers

**Question 3**

Morality in the social contract theory is found:

b. In the rules that are necessary for social living.

**Question 4**

According to Rousseau, the change in man's moral purity coincided with:

b. the naturalized social contract

**Question 5**

Under the Normative Social Contract:

b. Almost a complete 100% agreement is required for any agreement/law.
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The primary reason for a social contract, according to Locke is:
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a.
the brutality which prevented society from growing, as man lived in fear of his life at all times.


b.
The inequality, which a social contract would end by ensuring that a collective was formed.


c.
the potential for never ending war/conflict, which would be avoided through a Social Contract that would protect private property.

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According to Locke, under what circumstances are we allowed to break the contract?

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a.
Never, once we contract we are forced to be free and hence cannot break it.

b.
Only when the sovereign becomes tyrannical or is no longer acting in the best interests of the majority.


c.
Only when the general will is being met.


d.
Never, once we contract we are morally obligated to adhere since the sovereign's power is absolute.

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Hobbes claims that the State of Nature is harsh, brutal and filled with fear because of:

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a.
Man freedom, equality and right to life, liberty and possession.


b.
Man’s Freedom, equality, and the development of social classes.


c.
Man’s freedom, equality and self-interested ways.

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Hobbes believes that if we form a social contract:

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a.
We will further divide society.


b.
There is more competition and division of social classes.


c.
There is less conflict, fighting for resources and the society can grow and develop.


d.
There is no need for a state/sovereign because people will keep their word.

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_________________ suggests that the consequences of civilisation (such as property, for instance) is the reason that people leave the state of nature and form a social contract.

Question 10Select one:

a.
Artistotle


b.
John Locke


c.
Thomas Hobbes


d.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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Assistant: **Question 6**

The primary reason for a social contract, according to Locke, is:

c. the potential for never-ending war/conflict, which would be avoided through a Social Contract that would protect private property.

**Question 7**

According to Locke, we are allowed to break the contract:

b. Only when the sovereign becomes tyrannical or is no longer acting in the best interests of the majority.

**Question 8**

Hobbes claims that the State of Nature is harsh, brutal, and filled with fear because of:

c. Man’s freedom, equality, and self-interested ways.

**Question 9**

Hobbes believes that if we form a social contract:

c. There is less conflict, fighting for resources, and the society can grow and develop.

**Question 10**

_______________ suggests that the consequences of civilization (such as property, for instance) are the reason that people leave the state of nature and form a social contract.

d. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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In Rousseau's Normative Social Contract, to form the Collective Will:

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a.
everyone must give up some rights and freedom


b.
everyone must gain freedom and become enslaved to the State.


c.
Everyone must sign a contract


d.
Everyone of legal age must vote

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In his State of Nature, Locke described man as being:

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a.
enslaved by the economic system, and caught up in comparisons to other people.


b.
free, pre-political, but not equal, and without morals.


c.
free, pre-political, equal and guided by the law of nature.

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For Hobbes, the Social contract:

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a.
Is a way of solving the problems we face when “mixing our labour with earth”.


b.
Is a temporary solution.


c.
Is a means of protecting the upper classes and keeping the lower classes low.


d.
Is rational and so rational people will agree.

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Hobbes describes the state of nature as ______________.

Question 14Select one:

a.
pre-moral.  There is complete freedom, and crippling fear.  


b.
pre-political, but not pre-moral as men are empathetic.


c.
a small population, peaceful, solitary lives, morally pure.


d.
totally free.  There is peace, and morals still matter.  

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John Locke’s argument was that in the state of nature property was awarded equally to everyone within the community.


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True
False
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