INSTRUCTIONS:
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DUE DATE: APRIL 26, 2017 at the beginning of class
Use this outline as the headings for your paper.
Create a Work Cites Page using MLA Format.
Sources You are allowed to use: The Textbook: “Challenge of Politics” & reading assignment regarding Social Contract theory, “Social Contract Theory” by the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
POSC-120 FALL 2017 WRITING ASSIGNMENT
1. DEFINE GOVERNMENT AND BRIEFLY EXPLAIN THE STRUCTURE OF U. S. GOVERNMENT
2. DEFINE SOCIAL CONTRACT THEORY
3. DESCRIBE SOCIAL CONTRACT THEORY AS UNDERSTOOD BY:
A. THOMAS HOBBES
B. JOHN LOCKE
C. JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAU
4. CRITIQUE SOCIAL CONTRACT THEORY
A. DISCUSS THE POSITIVE ASPECTS OF SOCIAL CONTRACT THEORY
B. DISCUSS THE QUESTIONABLE AND OR NEGATIVE ASPECTS OF SOCIAL CONTRACT THEORY
5. USE SOCIAL CONTRACT THEORY TO INTRODUCE POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
A. Define Political Philosophy
B. Example what Pol. Phil. Tries to do
C. Link SCT to POL PHIL.
6. USE SOCIAL CONTRACT THEORY TO DESCRIBE THE PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATION OF AMERICAN GOVERNMENT.
7. PROVIDE AN ALTERNATIVE THEORY THAT EXPLAINS HOW GOVERNMENT CAME INTO EXISTENCE