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Compare and Contrast Thomas Hobbes and John Locke's ideas of Social Contract

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(1) Hobbes' sovereign is not a party to any contract and has no obligation to protect his citizens' natural rights. (2) Locke has two contracts (between citizens and citizens, and between citizens and the government) in place of Hobbes' single contract (between citizens to obey the sovereign).

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