Question

What did John Locke believe about government? Check all that apply. Citizens should obey the government at all costs. The government should protect people's fundamental rights. The government should exert absolute rule to control citizens. There should be a social contract between citizens and the government. The role of government is to curb people's natural tendency toward violence.

Answer 1

Question: According to Locke’s idea of the social contract:

people agreed to obey their government no matter what it did.

government granted people their rights and freedoms and could take them away

people did not need or want government at all.

governments had a duty to protect the rights of their people.

Answer: governments had a duty to protect the rights of their people.

Answer 2

B. The government should protect people’s fundamental rights.

D. There should be a social contract between citizens and the government.