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When people agree to give up some of their rights in order to be protected by their

government.
What is the term for this?
State of Nature
Separation of Power
Social Contract
O Natural Rights

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Social contract is the answer. We don’t have complete free will or else it would be complete anarchy. So we don’t steal and follow the law, and in return we are protected by our government.
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