Read the quote by Thomas Hobbes. Law was brought into the world for nothing else but to limit the natural liberty of particular
men in such manner as they might not hurt but assist one another and join together against a common enemy. According to Hobbes, what is the primary purpose of the social contract
Thomas Hobbes insinuates that without people agreeing to social contract men would have greater liberty which could be disastrous but when liberty becomes part of the social contract agreed to would give the government authority to protect people's liberty.