Thomas Hobbes · Politics

The Social Contract

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.

What you'll be able to recall

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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