Question

The United States Constitution prevents any individual from holding absolute

power over the U.S. government. It also requires leaders to be elected by
citizens rather than allowing leaders to pass power down to their children.
Which of these Enlightenment philosophers would have most disagreed with
this system of government?

Answer 1

The answer is Thomas Hobbes. Thomas Hobbes believed that only a powerful government could protect society. He also advocated that when people became citizens of a government they entered a social contract with that government to avoid the chaos of the world or what he called the “state of nature”. It was Thomas Hobbes ideals that supported an absolute monarchy or government having absolute power. He would not have agreed with leaders being elected by citizens or the U.S. consitiution preventing an individual from having absolute power over the government.