After completing the Athens and Sparta Lessons on iLearn,
Which city-state would you rather live in? Why?

If given the option, I would rather live in the city-state of Athens.

Explanation:

Both, Athens and Sparta were city-states in Ancient Greece. Both had an Assembly whose members were elected by the local people. However, that is were the similarities ended.

In Sparta, the assembly was answerable to the King, who could be ruthless.  It was known as a simple, agriculture based society with very strong and powerful warriors.

Athens, which was only a couple of hundred miles away, did not have a king. Instead, the assembly was answerable to archons, who themselves, were also elected by the population.

In such a way Athens was more a more democratic society where people had more freedoms. Hence, the city-state was known was a liberal bastion, with education, arts, and creativity being their hall-marks.

Therefore, If I was given a choice, I would rather live in Athens.

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social contract theory basically says that all individuals are born equal, and provided a god given right to consent to be governed. american government is based of this

thomas hobbes and john locke said that we are selfish, individualistic, and constantly at war with each other, therefore we need to be controlled. 

government is defined as the legitimate use of force to control human behavior within territorial boundaries, here comes in hobbes and locke.

hobbes takes the part about controlling human behavior. while locke takes the part of legitimate use of force, since force is not legitimate unless there is consent of the people. 

there are basically 3 goals of the government: 1) maintain order by protecting life and property. 2) providing public goods, those which are typically not provided by the public sector, such as roads and education. 3) promote equality be it political, opportunist or outcome equality.