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Social Contract
There were three men who are historically linked to social contract theory. They are Thomas Hobbes, john Locke and Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Both Hobbes and Locke were Englishmen.
Thomas Hobbes
The theory of the "social contract" between the government and the governed. (see related essay and other links)
Hobbes is known for his development of the social contract theory, which is the method of justifying political parties. He also believed that power should be placed in the hands of one person.
Social Contract
Thomas Hobbes
There were three men who are historically linked to social contract theory. They are Thomas Hobbes, john Locke and Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Both Hobbes and Locke were Englishmen.
Thomas Hobbes
Social Contract theory
Hobbes believe people exchange many personal freedoms for government protection
Hobbes believe people exchange many personal freedoms for government protection
There were three men who are historically linked to social contract theory. They are Thomas Hobbes, john Locke and Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Both Hobbes and Locke were Englishmen.
Thomas Hobbes be lived in no social contract what so ever. His theory stated that the origins of government came into being because humans were "brutal, nasty creatures" and that we were meant to be ruled. A social contract is an agreement, there is no agreement between the authority in this theory. It simply rules.
The social contract
Thomas Hobbes. English
Thomas Hobbes