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Based on Hobbes

1. To what duties, if any, does the social contract bind the sovereign?

2. Why can't subjects revoke consent?

3. What are the three types of the commonwealth, and which is best?

4. Which liberties - if any - do subjects retain under the social contract?

5. Under what conditions does ignorance of the law excuse a violation?

6. What category of crimes is worst, according to Hobbes?

7. List two factors that mitigate a crime (extenuating circumstances).

8. Does absolutist rulers tend to increase or decrease the chances of revolution?

9. What is Hobbes's view of the separation of powers within governments?

10. When may subjects give up their loyalty to the old government in order to follow a new one?