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Pros And Cons Hobbes State Of War

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The only way to leave the state of war which Hobbes believed was the way of live before the formation of societies was to join into a social contract with others. Hobbes is well known for his social contract theory in which to protect one’s well being they must enter a society and give up their rights and freedoms to all things in return for protection and survival. This unification of people into a structured environment would get them out of a state of war. Within Hobbes’ social contract a ruler provides protection and survival while the people agree to obey the ruler and give up rights to all things. Should one end of this contract not be upheld then the contract would become void. So if a ruler no longer protected the people they would
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