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What is a social contract, according to Thomas Hobbes?

A. An agreement wherein people give up freedoms in order to be a member of society.
B. An agreement wherein two enemies work together for their own self-preservation.
C. An agreement where the people are in total control of their own lives.
D. An agreement where an absolute monarch has total control over the laws and regulations in society

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C. An agreement where the people are in total control of their own lives.Answer:

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An agreement that would be made among suitable situated rational,free and equal persons.

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Hobbes is famous for his early and elaborate development of what has come to be known as "social contract theory".

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