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The Social Contract, Popular Sovereignty, and the State of Nature

The Social Contract, Popular Sovereignty, and the State of Nature. Obj : SW explain Social Contract Theory as the basis for Popular Sovereignty WU : Get a White, “We the People” text. Do the “Critical Thinking Exercise on p 16. Monty Python Explains the Basis of Government :

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The Social Contract, Popular Sovereignty, and the State of Nature

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  1. The Social Contract, Popular Sovereignty, and the State of Nature

  2. Obj: SW explain Social Contract Theory as the basis for Popular Sovereignty • WU: Get a White, “We the People” text. Do the “Critical Thinking Exercise on p 16.

  3. Monty Python Explains the Basis of Government: • Read pp 16-18. Answer questions 3,4,6 & 7 on p 18.

  4. How does this illustration demonstrate what might happen in the “State of Nature?”

  5. How did the “Rights of Englishmen Develop?” • Read pp 29-30 of WTP. • What do you think on p 30

  6. How did the American “Declaration of Independence” reflect the Ideas of Hobbes, Locke, and the Rights of Englishmen? • The “Declaration of Independence” can be found at pp 306-307 in WTP • Close Reading of the DI • What does it mean to be self evident? • What is an “inalienable” right? • Where does the DI say rights come from? • What does the DI say is the “purpose” of government? • According to the DI, from where does the government derive it’s power? This reflects what idea?

  7. Read the Preamble to the Constitution (p316 WTP) • Who established the Constitution? • Based on the Preamble, the constitution reflects what idea about government?

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