Which of the following statements about Thomas Hobbes and John Locke is not correct?. . A. Both John Locke & Thomas Hobbes w
rote about the social contract that they imagined forming the the first government.. B. Hobbes argued that because the \"general will\" of the people was for freedom, the people as a whole should force individual citizens to conform to the general.. C. Thomas Hobbes argued that life in the state of nature was \"solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.\". D. John Locke argued that humans had natural rights that included \"life, liberty, and property.\". E. All of these statements are correct.
I believe the answer is: <span>Hobbes argued that because the "general will" of the people was for freedom, the people as a whole should force individual citizens to conform to the general will.
Hobbes and Locke believed on the supremacy of individual freedom (no citizens have the power to infringe other people's right) . They believe that the general will should only be limited to the general regulations that do not violate individual freedom and noone should force others to conform to general will. </span><span> </span>
<span>Locke and Hobbes were both social contract theorists and natural law theorists. Thomas Hobbes believed life is described as nasty and short. Locke meanwhile believed in the preservation of rights of the citizens of a community or state. Hobbes believed that our rights conceded to the government. The answer is E.</span>
