Select the correct answer. Read this definition: the implied agreement between the people and the government, in which the people give up some of their power and freedom in exchange for protection of their rights What does this definition describe?

a. natural rights

b. social contract

c. divine right of kings

d. state of nature

e. popular sovereignty

i think it is b

The answer is (b) the social contract. Theorised by many, but refined by Hobbes during the English Civil War, it stated that there is a base state of nature, but via the social contract, humans can achieve order, hence justifying governmental power. We are granted freedom, and escape our base state of nature, via our social contract with the government.