Laws are described as agreed-upon rules. What does 'agreed-upon' imply?

• A. Laws are decided by a single leader without consent.
• B. Laws emerge from boisterous debates but not necessarily consensus.
• C. Laws require general consensus or agreement among members of a society.
• D. Laws are random and unpredictable.

Answer: (C)

The key idea is that laws gain their legitimacy from the shared acceptance and consent of the people they govern. When something is described as “agreed-upon,” it means the rules are recognized as rightful and binding by members of the society, often through collective processes or social contracts, even if not everyone agrees on every detail. This broad consensus gives laws authority beyond mere force, because people see them as reflecting the community’s decisions and norms. It isn’t about one leader imposing rules without consent, nor about debates that never produce a general agreement, nor about randomness. So, the best choice captures that laws require general agreement or acceptance among members of the society.