Theme - The State

Question 1

Locke (classical)

Answer 1

The state should be the representative of the people and be based on a ‘social contract’ between the government and those in power

Question 2

Wollstonecraft (classical)

Answer 2

the traditional state based on the monarchy should be replaced by a Republican model through its constitution would provide equal rights for women.

Question 3

John Stuart Mill (later classical)

Answer 3

the state should protect the rights of minority groups - including women - and move towards a full representative democracy

Question 4

Rawls (modern)

Answer 4

the state should seek to enable those less able and fortunate to fulfil their potential via state intervention that would try and provide greater equality of opportunity

Question 5

Friedan (modern)

Answer 5

the state should use its power to change and crater law to prevent discrimination against women who like men should be equal individuals

Question 6

What is social contract ?

Answer 6

A social contract is an agreement among individuals within a social group to abide by certain rules and laws

Question 7

Overall liberals,

Answer 7

believe that the people created the state to act in their own interests. therefore believe in minimal government that is controlled by checks and balances within a codified constitution.

Question 8

What is central to liberal political theory ?

Answer 8

the concept of the social contract- the idea that the state is based on the agreement of the people, who choose to give up some freedom in return for security.

Question 9

Liberals believe the state must …

Answer 9

not take away the civil liberties of citizens or interfere too much in citizens lives.