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Historically speaking, "state" has multiple meanings: nation, country, institution, or society.

A sovereign state places power in the hands of the people.

Natural rights exist for all people regardless of their place of birth or class.

States recognize an individual's natural rights at all times.

The state is the main political unit in the world.

fact

opinion

fact

opinion

fact

What was the earliest primitive form of government?

tribal council

Moses and the Hebrews believed that the ___ were God-given laws that defined a human's relationship with God and with other humans.

Ten Commandments

What was the role of philosophers in the establishment of the ideal state according to Plato?

Philosophers are the Guardians of the people, and as such should be obeyed without question.

Choose the FOUR elements that are necessary for a state to exist.

sovereignty
a territory
a government
people

Select FOUR characteristics that define natural law.

guide for man's actions

common to all people

innate

has always existed

Choose the FOUR characteristics that help to define natural rights.

came from natural law

inalienable rights

government cannot deny these

universal

statetyrannyinalienabledictatorshipvestigesovereigntyinnate a politically organized body of people occupying a definite territory that has sovereignty and a government

form of government in which absolute power is held by one person

government characterized by unreasonable abuse of power

evidence of something no longer existing

inherent; characteristic of natural rights

born in; inherited

having supreme, absolute power

state

dictatorship

tyranny

vestige

inalienable inherent; characteristic of natural rights

innate

sovereignty

People voluntarily give up some or all of their natural rights to live under a government, with which they have a mutual relationship.

The weak submit to the strong.

The family unit was the first primitive form of government.

State authority is based on the power of God.

Social Contract theory

Force theory

Evolutionary theory

Divine right theory

The strongest rule over the weak.

Rulers are chosen by God.

The state arose due to the voluntary acts of free people.

Clans grew into tribes and then states.

Force Theory

Divine Right Theory

Social Contract theory

Evolutionary Theory

The state of nature is one where people live in peace and honor each other's natural rights.

The state determines what is good for the people; people do what is good for the state.

States are accountable, too, and serve at the will of the people.

Man will forfeit his interests for the good of the general population.

Life is brutish, nasty, and short-lived.
The king's authority is absolute.

Locke's social contract theory

Hobbes' social contract theory

Locke's social contract theory

Rousseau's social contract theory

Hobbes' social contract theory

Bossuet's divine right of kings

A(n) _____ is a strong belief that guides a movement or cause.

ideology

Freedoms and liberties established by human law are _____ rights.

civil

The _____ was a time in which philosophers cited reason as a source of authority informing political thought.

Enlightenment

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