The Enlightenment

24 August 2022
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Which term is synonymous with "natural rights," according to Enlightenment philosophers?
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universal rights
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_______________supported the Enlightenment idea that people are naturally selfish.
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Thomas Hobbes
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Locke argued that all humans are born with what natural rights?
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a. life, liberty, property
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What did the philosophers of the Enlightenment seek to understand?
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b. the natural rights governing human behavior and society
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John Locke believed that natural rights
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c. do not come from the government.
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John Locke thought that people were neither good nor bad innately. How did Hobbes's views differ from those of Locke's?
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a. Hobbes thought people were innately violent.
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John Locke helped develop the idea of a social contract between citizens and the
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government.
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Which factors contributed to the beginning of the Enlightenment movement? Check all that apply.
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the age of science and scientific inquiry the age of reason-based inquiry the advancement in all areas of human interest
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How did the Enlightenment's theories of government view the role of government?
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d. as useful
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Read the quote from Immanuel Kant. Have the bravery to use your own reason! - that sums up the meaning of enlightenment. According to the quote, the Enlightenment encourages people to ___________ for themselves.
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think