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Give a brief definition/explanation of Thomas Hobbes's theory of a social contract.
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Give a brief definition/explanation of Thomas Hobbes's theory of a social contract.

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The condition in which people give up some individual liberty in exchange for some common security is the Social Contract. Hobbes defines contract as "the mutual transferring of right." In the state of nature, everyone has the right to everything - there are no limits to the right of natural liberty.

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