Question

Which concepts BEST relate to the ideas of Thomas Hobbes? Check all that apply.

Answer 1

The concepts that best relate to the ideas of Thomas Hobbes are the following choices that includes:
- Natural rights
- Social contract
- Absolute government
- Separation of powers
- Representative government

As a background, Thomas Hobbes is an English philosopher.

Answer 2

The correct answers are "social contract" and "absolute government".

Thomas Hobbes was a British philosopher vastly known for his widely influential work "Leviathan", published in 1651. In this book, he sets the key foundation of social contract theory and greatly develops upon it. To Hobbes, a government should represent an objective morality that holds authority in order to prevent society to decay into chaos. In other words, society needs a strong central power that keeps them safe from themselves, and that's how he legitimized absolute government.

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