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What did individuals decide to make in order to establish a government?
Social contract
What does Rousseau assert happened to natural liberty in the state of nature?
It degenerated
In the social state, what happens to the rights individuals had in the state of nature?
They are kept and secured by the social contract
What right can be used by the whole people against a tyrannical government, according to the text?
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What is the primary reason for establishing a government according to John Locke?
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What does Thomas Hobbes define as natural right?
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According to Thomas Hobbes, what is the consequence of the state of nature?
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What is the main clause of the social contract according to Hobbes?
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In Thomas Hobbes' theory, what happens in the second stage of the social contract?
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How are individual rights viewed in relation to the government according to Hobbes' theory?
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