Rational actor model: Jhon Locke

Question 1

“In the state of nature”

Answer 1

there is a natural law that constitutes and protects essential rights of life, liberty and property.

Question 2

If the natural law is used…

Answer 2

there will we equality in the distribution of natural resources.

Question 3

Egalitarianism has been compromised…

Answer 3

with the development of a money economy that has made it possible to gain control of more goods and lands than they can use as individuals.

Question 4

The development of a political society is..

Answer 4

a response to desires, conflict and ethical uncertainty brought about by the growth of money and material inequalities that consequently arose.

Question 5

To create a social contract that alleviates the equality problems…

Answer 5

Expansion of political institutions is necessary

Question 6

The three stages of the social contract

Answer 6

1. People must come together as a community to uphold the rights of each-other. 2. The members must agree by majority vote, to set up legislative and other institutions. 3. The owners of property must agree to take whatever taxes that are imposed to them.

Question 7

People should…

Answer 7

not surrender to an absolute rule of a Leviathan

Question 8

Governments must…

Answer 8

protect rights, and not undermine them.