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WH2 Sec. 1 Vocab.
Term | Definition |
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natural law | law that governs human nature |
social contract | an agreement by which they gave up the state of nature for an organized society. |
natural right | right that belongs to all humans from birth. |
philosophe | member of a group of Enlightenment thinkers who tried to apply the methods of science to the improvement of society |
physiocrat | Enlightenment thinker who searched for natural laws to explain economics. |
laissez faire | policy allowing business to operate with little or no government interference |