WGU C963 - Quizzes 1-23 Objective Assessment| 175 QUESTIONS ANS ANSWERS-New Actual Questions and Answers|2025 Update 100% Correct What describes characteristics of a social contract? - ANSWER -Specification of natural rights -a definition of human nature -a collective expression of a collectively shared interest In what ways is the state of nature important for constructing a social contract? - 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 now what the quality of life is like in the state of nature? - ANSWER -It explains the incentive for working cooperatively with others -it helps to frame the type of social contract that is needed to make individual life better 1 / 4
What is the purpose of the social contract? - ANSWER -To acknowledge and protect natural rights What is an important weakness of a social contract? - ANSWER -Social contracts require consensus What is true about natural rights? - ANSWER -They let you do what you need to survive and be secure -They impart an equality of being among all people What is true about the state of nature? - ANSWER -is a thought experiment upon which a definition of proper society and government built -permits a philosophical definition of human nature What conditions are required for a social contract to work? - ANSWER - Consensus among whose whom the social contract applies to -uniformity of ability and purpose among those who agree to the social contract 2 / 4
Which of these describes the the theory of the social contact? - ANSWER - Society is not natural, but created by the people What are the social contracts constructed to be compatible with? - ANSWER - Human Nature and Natural rights Which was designed with a concern for the tyranny of factional majority? - ANSWER -The constitution What is the Enlightenment? - 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? - ANSWER -Those immigrating to the American colonies are attracted to the Enlightenment's ideas of liberty and property -The colonist have a long history of self-government, consistent with the Enlightenment's idea's about government by consent -Ideas of the Enlightenment frame the colonists' response to British violations of natural rights. 3 / 4
How do conflicting ideas of the Enlightenment influence American government and politics? - ANSWER -The constitution sets up a system of government that isn't favorable to the democratic expression of the popular will -The protection of private property can interfere with the government's dealing with important social needs What ideas are embodied in the Declaration of Independence? - ANSWER -The idea that governments are created by people to protect their natural rights -the natural rights of life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness In what key ways does the Constitution differ from the Declaration of Independence? - ANSWER -is more concerned with controlled rather than expressing the popular will -makes justice more important than liberty What type of rights are contained in the Bill of Rights? - ANSWER -Natural rights -Procedural rights The Constitution's first three articles create separate legislative, executive and judicial branches, is consistent with: - ANSWER -Montesquieu's theory for the separation of political power
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