Question

briefly explain the following A) DEVINE RIGHT THEORY B) WELFARE STATE C) GENERAL WILL D) STATE OF NATURE

Answer 1

Answer:

1. Divine right of kings, in European history, a political doctrine in defense of monarchical absolutism, which asserted that kings derived their authority from God and could not therefore be held accountable for their actions by any earthly authority such as a parliament.
2. The welfare state is a way of governing in which the state or an established group of social institutions provides basic economic security for its citizens. By definition, in a welfare state, the government is responsible for the individual and social welfare of its citizens.
3. General will, in political theory, a collectively held will that aims at the common good or common interest. The general will is central to the political philosophy of Jean-Jacques Rousseau and an important concept in modern republican thought.
4. The state of nature, in moral and political philosophy, religion, social contract theories and international law, is the hypothetical life of people before societies came into existence.

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Answer 2

General will is a collectively held will that aims at the common good or common interest.

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