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Which of the following concepts was used by Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, and other Enlightenment philosophers to explain why people agree among themselves to form a government?

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Locke on Government & Man

Locke also believed in social contract theory, yet, whereas Hobbes believed the monarch gained unlimited power once that initial contract was implicitly recognized, Locke claimed the social contract between a monarch and his subjects was supposed to be continuously scrutinized.

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