Question

How do Hobbes, Locke, and Rousseau differ in regards to how they define their “Social Contract”?

Answer 1

First, Hobbes believed that the government should be structured as one sovereign (like a king or dictator) holding all the power, with very little (if any) importance being placed in individuals.

Locke believed it was the government's primary responsibility to protect the people and that every individual possessed what he called "natural rights."

Rousseau was...kinda weird. He believed that people are born innocent and that society actually corrupts people.