Question

. Explain what Hobbes and Locke meant by a social contract. Why did Hobbes think people would choose to enter into such a contract? Why did Locke think people would enter into a social contract?

Answer 1

Answer:

social contract, in political philosophy, an actual or hypothetical compact, or agreement, between the ruled or between the ruled and their rulers, defining the rights and duties of each. In primeval times, according to the theory, individuals were born into an anarchic state of nature, which was happy or unhappy according to the particular version of the theory. They then, by exercising natural reason, formed a society (and a government) by means of a social contract.