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WGU C963 LessonQuizzes 1-23
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Denning [Date] [Course title]
,Which statement describes characteristics of a social contract? Select the three correct answers.
A manifestation of the will of God
A collective expression of a collectively shared interest
A specification of natural rights
A definition of human nature - Answer: A collective expression of a collectively shared interest
A specification of natural rights
A definition of human nature
In what way is the state of nature important for constructing a social contract? Select the two correct
answers.
The state of nature offers an ideal in which a social contract should seek to emulate.
The state of nature is fictional and offers nothing meaningful for constructing a social contract.
The state of nature gives definition to what it means to be human.
The state of nature gives definition to natural rights. - Answer: The state of nature gives definition to
what it means to be human.
The state of nature gives definition to natural rights.
Why is it important to know what the quality of life is like in the state of nature? Select the two correct
answers.
It helps to frame the type of social contract that is needed to make individual life better.
It provides the basis for a measure of human progress.
It explains the incentive for working cooperatively with others.
It provides a utopian goal for society to try and realize. - Answer: It helps to frame the type of social
contract that is needed to make individual life better.
It explains the incentive for working cooperatively with others.
What is the purpose of a social contract? Select the one correct answer.
To create natural rights
To realize the will of God
To acknowledge and protect natural rights - Answer: To acknowledge and protect natural rights
,What is an important weakness of a social contract? Select the one correct answer.
Social contracts don't aspire to create a perfect moral order.
All social contracts eventually fail
Social contracts require consensus.
Social contracts are fixed. - Answer: Social contracts require consensus.
Which statements are true about natural rights? (Choose the two correct answers.)
They let you do what you need to survive and be secure.
They are given by the government and not God.
They compel the creation of democratic government.
They impart an equality of being among all people. - Answer: They let you do what you need to survive
and be secure.
They impart an equality of being among all people.
Which statements are true concerning the state of nature? Select the two correct answers.
Permits a philosophical definition of human nature.
Is a thought experiment upon which a definition of proper society and government are built
Describes the relationship between human beings and animals.
Suggests that human beings are naturally social - Answer: Permits a philosophical definition of human
nature.
Is a thought experiment upon which a definition of proper society and government are built
What conditions are required for a social contract to work? Select the two correct answers.
Consensus among those whom the social contract applies to
A commitment to toleration
Uniformity of ability and purpose among those who agree to the social contract
The desire for a utopian society among those who want the social contract - Answer: Consensus among
those whom the social contract applies to
Uniformity of ability and purpose among those who agree to the social contract
, Which of these describes the theory of the social contract? Select the one correct answer.
Society was created by God.
The people do not control society, but society controls the people.
Society is not natural, but created by the people.
We must accept society as it is since it was naturally created. - Answer: Society is not natural, but
created by the people.
What are social contracts constructed to be compatible with? Select the one correct answer.
Direct and Representative Democracies
Nature and God
Human Nature and Natural Rights
Ordinary Rights and Government Rights - Answer: Human Nature and Natural Rights
Which was designed with a concern for the tyranny of factional majority?
The Bill of Rights
The Declaration of Independence
The Social Contract
The Constitution - Answer: The Constitution
What is the Enlightenment? Select the two correct answers.
The source of our ideas about natural rights.
A period of Western European history following the Middle Ages.
Where democratic government is invented.
A revival of Roman Catholicism. - Answer: The source of our ideas about natural rights.
A period of Western European history following the Middle Ages.
Why does the Enlightenment influence American politics and government? Select the three correct
answers.
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