Read the hypothetical situation below and answer the question that follows. in response to criticisms that the king of mordor has failed to gain the consent of his people, the king claims that he does in fact represent the consent of the people because without their king, society would crumble into chaos. which statement best represents a rebuttal that rousseau would use to counter the king’s argument? a. absolute chaos is preferable to the absolute power of the king. b. the king of mordor should establish a system of checks and balances. c. if the king of mordor were to represent the will of his people, then he would at least provide the public services demanded by his people. d. it is impossible for the king of mordor to have the consent of the people because the monarchy is not a freely formed government in which the people have a say in how it operates.

The correct answer is D.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) was one of the main phisolophers of the Enlightment ideas which spread in Europe and triggered upraisings against absolut monarchies and the old feudal regimes. The most famous of them all was, of course, the French Revolution in 1789.

In his book, The Social Contract, he appointed the importance of developing governments whose powers were granted from the will of their subjects, from all the citizens under its ruling, through suffrage. These ideas were clearly in opposition with the absolut monarchies that ruled most European countries at those times. Kings had all the power on their hands and had received it from God. This latter idea sharply contrast with the Enlighment phisolophy, opposite to dogmas and superstitions and that was claiming for the devopment of  reason and of the scientific method.

This is why Rosseau would claim for a different type of government in Mordor, without an authoritarian king and that, in turn, citizens should be given a say.

the answer is

a) revise existing treaties

b) do away with political alliances

c) prevent the spread of communism

d) bring an end to european colonization

the main goal of the southeast asia treaty organization was to prevent the spread of communism in southeast asia.

levels of production can be increased by technology while holding labor and capital constant, because increased technology makes the production process more efficient. subsequently, the lras curve is almost a vertical line, that can shift to the right, with an increase in technology.

the relationship between the lras curve and the ppc is that both can make the economy could grow. the ppc achieves that when it shifts outward because of more resources or technological advances while the lras curve shifts if more resources are developed or if there are technological advances.

the lras curve is a vertical line at an output level that represents the number of goods and services a nation can produce over a sustained period using all of its productive resources as efficiently as possible with all of the current technology available to it.

the production possibilities frontier (ppf) is a graphical device that is used for economic analysis of production decisions because the ppf measures the maximum possible combinations of two goods that an economy is capable of producing with its currently available resources and technology.