Summarize the position presented by Thomas Hobbes in Leviathan
What will be an ideal response?
Essay responses should include these points:
• Hobbes argued that, left on their own, humans would sink into destructive anarchy.
• He was influenced by the English Civil War and the social unrest that resulted.
• He argued that humans have two motives, fear of death and want of power.
• Hobbes wrote that government should preserve humanity by protecting people from self-rule.
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