Question

Read the following excerpt and answer the question below. *

3 points
to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their
just powers from the consent of the governed, -That whenever any Form of
Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to
alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government.
Declaration of Independence
Which Enlightenment principle most influenced the ideas in this excerpt?
A. John Locke's idea of the social contract
B. Thomas Hobbes's idea of natural equality
C. Montesquieu's idea of separation of powers
O D. Voltaire's idea of the importance of toleration

Answer 1

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Your answer would be A. John Locke's idea of the social contract.

According to John Locke's version of social contract theory, the only privilege people give up in order to participate in civil society and its privileges is the right to sue others for breaching their rights. Just the freedom to be a superhero is given up; no other rights are given up.