The Enlightenment

Which factors contributed to the beginning of the Enlightenment movement? Check all that apply. the age of science and scientific inquiry the revival of religious belief and study the age of reason-based inquiry the advancement in all areas of human interest the resurgence of past ideas and principles

Which could be considered an act indicating acceptance of the social contract? using electricity watching network news broadcasts driving on the highway taking a shower

Enlightenment philosophers aimed to preserve the rights of individuals, including the right to an education. assemble. a job. rule.

The key idea of John Locke's Enlightenment theory was to protect and enhance the freedoms and rights of the government. the philosophers. the law. the individual.

How did the philosophers of the Enlightenment view the relationship between government and the governed? as mutually beneficial as more beneficial to the government as more beneficial to the governed as balanced

John Locke believed humans are easily be molded by authority. instinctual and violent. good but corrupted by society. naturally reasonable.

According to John Locke, _______ must respect the rights of the citizens.

_____________ supported the Enlightenment idea that people are naturally selfish.

Read the quote by Baron de Montesquieu. When the legislative and executive powers are united in the same person, or in the same body of magistrates, there can be no liberty; because apprehensions may arise, lest the same monarch or senate should enact tyrannical laws, to execute them in a tyrannical manner. According to the quote, ________ is lost if one person has too much power.

What did Hobbes think government control was necessary for? providing safety and security erasing natural human tendencies creating a balanced society overcoming corruption