Question

Match each characteristic to the correct philosopher. wrote the Second Treatise on Governmentwrote the Commentaries on the Laws of Englandsupported the concept of popular sovereigntybelieved that natural law was given to humans by Godmaintained that the government cannot block a citizen’s rights to life, property, and liberty

Answer 1

William Blackstone:

- Wrote the Commentaries on the Laws of England.

- Believed that natural law was given to humans by God.

- Maintained that the government cannot block a citizen's rights to life, property, and liberty.

John Locke:

- Wrote the Second Treatise on Government.

- Supported the concept of popular sovereignty.

Answer 2

A. William Blackstone - believed that natural law was given to humans by God

B. Voltaire - maintained that religion was useful to humankind but didn't have to be true

C. Thomas Hobbes - believed that people should exchange some of their individual freedoms for common security

D. Jean Jacques Rousseau - maintained that each person entered into society with an unspoken agreement to refrain from harming one another