Author Question: Government might be thought of as a __________ among people who agree to allow themselves to be ... (Read 49 times)

erika · **on:** Jul 10, 2018

Government might be thought of as a __________ among people who agree to allow themselves to be regulated and taxed in exchange for protection of their lives and property.

a. gentlemen's agreement
b. philosophy
c. social contract
d. political culture

Question 2

People living in a democracy have a greater moral obligation to obey the law than people living in a dictatorship because __________.

a. they have the opportunity to change unjust laws by working within the system
b. the social contract prohibits demonstrating against unpopular laws
c. laws passed in a democracy are always right and just
d. laws in a democracy are passed by the majority, and majority rules