| A | B |
|---|
| natural rights | the rights to life, liberty, and property |
| social contract | an agreement among the people to set up a government and obey its laws |
| state of nature | the condition of people living in a situation when no governments or laws exist at all |
| civic virtue | when both citizens & leaders agree to set aside provate interests & personal concerns for the common good |
| common good | that which is good for the community as a whole (good for the most people) |
| representative | a person elected to act & speak for others |
| direct democracy | where people themselves control government, creating the laws they need |
| consent | to approve of something or allow it to take place |
| John Locke | believed that "most" people were reasonable & good and would respect others' rights |
| Thomas Hobbes | believed that people were naturally wicked and could not be trusted to govern. |
