Thomas Hobbes · Politics
Hobbes’s solution to the war of all against all: a covenant in which everyone surrenders their natural freedom to a common power, in exchange for peace.
You learned that Hobbes’s contract is a mutual surrender of rights. Explain why each person agrees to it, and what problem the ‘sword’ solves, in your own words.
Leads to John Locke.
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