mar 10, 1651 - Hobbes's Social Contract

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Humans are born self-
interested, wicked...

- Life in state of nature is “nasty,
brutish, and short”
- w/o gov. to keep order = chaos
- Social Contract: People agree to
give up absolute freedom to a
strong (absolute) ruler, in
exchange they get law & order
- Hobbes: Leviathan (1660), absolute
monarchy necessary to

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