MULTIPLE CHOICE. Which of the following statements are true about Contractarianism?
According to Hobbes, the state of nature is a state where everyone is equal and peaceful.
Right acts may violate social agreements such as laws, policies, and contracts.
The rightness of an action is based on liberties of individuals.
It is based on a thought experiment where one imagines a time without any form of civil government known as the state of nature.
It is based on a thought experiment where one imagines a time without any form of civil government known as the social contract.
Right acts are those which should not violate social agreements such as laws, policies, and contracts.
Morality is a result of a social contract.
According to Hobbes, the state of nature is a war of all against all.
The rightness of an action is based on social cooperation among individuals.
Morality is a result of a freedom.
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Thomas Hobbes' Theory of the Social Contract has the following features:
Explanation:
- Morality and civic sense are a result of an agreement to abide by the social contract.
- Hobbes believed the state of nature prior was a state of war, mutual suspicion and chaotic anarchy.
- Rights are based on social cooperation and adjudication of disputes by a sovereign authority.
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