1 According to Steven Kreis, what were two reasons the Roman Catholic Church was criticized at the beginning
of the 16th century? [2]

in the 16th century  there were numerous reformers who were openly criticizing the Church for its numerous  offenses.

Priests married and then took mistresses, holy offices were bought and sold for the  highest price,

incompetence among the clergy became the rule, the congregation of more and

more people in towns and cities perhaps exposed the amorality and immorality of the clergy.

In a word, the problem was corruption. . . .

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.