Question

Thomas Hobbes believed that

Answer 1

The correct answer is B) people are wicked by nature and need strong government control.

Thomas Hobbes believed that people are wicked by nature and need strong government control.

Hobbes wrote his most important book "Leviathan" during the English civil wars, 1642-1651. In that book, he shares his political philosophy and expresses the necessity of a social contract where citizens unite in societies to abide by powerful leaders that can protect them. He supported the idea of an absolute leader or a strong central government that "protects people from their own selfishness."