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    The document compares and contrasts the social contract theories of John Locke, Thomas Hobbes, and Jean Jacques Rousseau. For Locke, people consent to government to protect natural rights to life, liberty, and property. For Hobbes, people consent to government to escape the dangerous and chaotic state of nature. For Rousseau, people consent to government to achieve the common good through the general will and set aside personal interests.

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    RODRIGUEZ, FRITZ ROYNORE B.

    AB POLSCI 1

    Compare and Contrast

    Social Contract

    John Locke Thomas Hobbes Jean Jacques Rousseau

    For John Locke, those 3 For Hobbes, because For Rousseau, life is
    natural rights are going of monarch exist, and fair for everyone. As
    to exist in the state of people are under long as we employ
    nature that the right of control. It believes the general Will, we
    life, liberty and property people are going to
    is easier to be enforce set aside personal
    live in peace without preferences, we look
    by the government
    rights. They’re under to the common
    because people have
    given their express
    control of the good, we look for
    consent which be bound monarch yet there is the benefit for
    by the contract. These peace, they’ve been everyone and set
    people signed on the controlled human aside our personal
    dotted line are going to nature is harnessed. interest, our life will
    be held without social
    be okay.
    contract.

    They are all social contract theorist who believed that


    people should have equal rights that allow them to pursue
    their own interests.

    State of Nature

    For John Locke, the


    state of nature exist In his state of
    anytime the humans are nature, what For Jean Rousseau,
    haven’t enter into an Thomas Hobbes the state of nature is
    agreement with each explain is a a wonderful rich
    other to participate in a dangerous place. environment that
    government. But even He stated “The life early humans were
    there’s no government, of man is solitary, living in solitary and
    it’s not chaotic because poor, nasty, brutish peaceful lives which I
    humans are rational and short”, which presume there’s a
    which they understand It’s not a good utopia exist or
    humanity in 3 natural place to be. maybe.
    rights; right of life
    liberty and property.

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