Mixed Flashcards
How did the legislative pass laws?
Majority vote
What are government powers limited by?
Written or unwritten constitution
What book did Thomas Hobbes write?
Leviathan
What did the Leviathan say?
People are naturally cruel and selfish
Cannot live in state of nature
Best government is an absolute monarchy
What book did John Locke write?
The Two Treatises of Government
What did the Two Treatises of Government say?
People are reasonable and moral
Right to revolt
Limited government
“Life, liberty and property”
What book did Baron de Montesquieu write?
The Spirit of the Laws
What did The Spirit of the Laws say?
Government should be separated into three branches; executive, judicial and legislative
Checks and balances; so no one in the branch would get too powerful
What book did Voltaire write?
Candice and Zadig
What did Candide and Zadig say?
Believe in free speech
“I do not agree with a word you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it”
Against Catholic Church government
What book did Denis Diderot write?
Encyclopedia (28 vol.)
What did Denis Diderot believe in?
Free speech, free education and denounced slavery
What book did Jean Jaques Rousseau write?
The social contract
What did the social contract say?
Men are good but property + life corrupt them
Enter into a social contract with govt, run by general will
What book did Mary Wollstonecraft write?
A Vindication of the Rights of Women
