Self Quiz Chapter 11: Social Contracts and Rights

. Locke describes his theory's state of nature as

already under natural law.

an ongoing "time of war."

having some government already in place.

having no moral values or obligations.

. Hobbes maintains that in placing themselves under the social contract and its resulting state, people must yield up _______ in return.

a great deal of liberty

a few small rights for the sake of the greater good

all of their property

Nothing, since that would not be in their rational self-interest.

. In Rawls's original position, people

know all about their place in the future society

know what career they will have but not much else.

do not know much of anything about their place in the future society.

are already organized into a hierarchy based on their potential benefits to the future society.

. When people initially set up an actual social contract, they give

their consent to the contract.

what is called their tacit consent.

their consent only hypothetically.

all of their property to the state.

. Some rights can be given away or transferred to others. These are called

inalienable rights.

negative rights.

positive rights.

alienable rights.

. Structural violence occurs when

a system largely denies some groups of people the ability to act for themselves or meet their needs.

one individual commits brutal violence upon another individual.

people rally together to strip an authority figure of their power.

terrorists assault other groups or nations by attacking significant buildings, monuments, or other structures.

. Short term social contracts exist even in everyday life (e.g., students might set up such a contract to work on a project together).

True

False

. Some people have more natural rights than others.

True

False

. Locke maintains that people have no rights until they leave the state of nature and establish a society via a social contract.

True

False

. Careful consideration shows that a Rawlsian liberal democracy is fairly well-equipped to avoid structural violence, although it's still important that it doesn't suffer from too much moral failure.

True

False

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