- How do rulers use power according to Hobbes and Machiavelli? How do Machiavelli and Hobbes agree and how do they disagree?
- What is the state of nature according to Hobbes and Locke? How do Hobbes and Locke agree and how do they disagree?
- What is the social contract according to Rousseau and Locke? How do those theorists agree and disagree?