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What did Thomas Hobbes believe?

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Humans have the right to fight for their own life; there must be some sort of government to save us from the State of Nature. He was one of the founders of political philosophy. His main concern is the problem of social and political order: how human beings can live together in peace and avoid the danger and fear of civil conflict.

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Wo wrote Two Treatises of Government?

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John Locke

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What did Socrates believe?

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Socrates believed that an unexamined life is not worth living. He taught Plato.

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What is the Natural Law?

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That all people have rights by the virtue of human nature endowed by God.

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What is a representative democracy? (Rome)

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A government in which citizens elect leaders to represent them and give those leaders powers to make laws and govern.

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What did John Locke believe?

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The State of Nature isn't so bad until conflicts arise over our natural rights-liberty and property-as soon as we start to fight about freedom and possessions, we need government.

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What presidents used Keynesian economics?

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Kennedy and Johnson - cut taxes to increase spending

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What did Montesquieu believe?

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The separation of powers: executive, legislative and judicial.

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What did Aristotle believe?

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Aristotle influenced western government; he examined the nature of the world and human society. Best known for his ideas about ethics. The concept of relationships between different groups of people. Trust what you learn from observation, rather than tradition, intuition or religious beliefs.

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What is a direct democracy? (Greece)

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A government in which all citizens could vote directly on laws and other issues in a large assembly.

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What did Plato believe?

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Plato (Greek) believed in a republic which is a representative government and the people hold the power. He believed the people should have a voice in their government, but that there should be philosopher kings to make the decisions.

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What was Rousseau's social contract?

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An abstract agreement between citizens in which they agree to forfeit certain freedoms in order to give authority to the government.

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What did Rousseau believe?

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The government should have power only so long as it comes from the consent of the governed.

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