Question

What is one of the beliefs of Social Contract Theory? A. Sovereignty should be in the hands of the people. B. God gave certain royal families the divine right to rule. C. The state evolved out of the natural development of the family structure. D. The first states were created by one group overpowering all other groups.

Answer 1

State evolved out of the natural development of family structure .is one of the beliefs of Social Contract Theory

Explanation:

Social Contract theory is advocated by some of the great philosophers like Thomas Hobbes. It states that the states are supposed to protect the will of the people.

It has emerged during the age of enlightenment and this theory states that the a group of people who had explicitly agreed to surrender a justifiable quantity of rights to liberty and freedom in exchange to the peaceful survival in the society in order to maintain the social norms and order in it.