•freedom to live and work in the united states

• freedom to enter and leave the country freely with no restrictions

• right to vote for representatives and have a voice in government

• right to hold elected office

• ability to apply for jobs with the u. s. government

• ability to apply for certain educational scholarships or grants

• protection from deportation (forced removal)

• ability to sponsor other family members to join them

think about knud wefald’s path to citizenship. from the list above, identify two benefits of citizenship that you think might have been most appealing to him and note below.

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.