Explain why “the divine right of kings” clashes with the idea of a social contract.

The correct answer to this open question is the following.

The “the divine right of kings” clashes with the idea of a social contract in that the divine right of kings was supposedly inherited by God. Kings and royalty thought that God had granted them the divine right to rule. That is why the believed they could do as they pleased.

However, the social contract, a concept developed by Swiss philosopher Jean-Jaques Roseau, stated that people were the ones that allowed rulers to govern, surrendering some of their freedoms in exchange for protection.

common sense was a pamphlet by thomas paine which advocated the independence of the thirteen colonies from great britain.