What did thomas hobbes think individual citizens relate to their sovereign?

1. individual citizens in tentative oppostion to their sovereign, and are on guard against his or her misuse of power.

2. individual citizens surrender their rights to their sovereign, who fulfills the role of protecting them

3. individual citizens reach a consensus to elect a sovereign, whose moral authority derives from each citizens vote

4. individual citizens each take part in governing the society they live, and thus are fundamentally co sovereigns of their society.

5. none of the above

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Abbey Huffman

8 February, 10:25

What did thomas hobbes think individual citizens relate to their sovereign?

1. individual citizens in tentative oppostion to their sovereign, and are on guard against his or her misuse of power.

2. individual citizens surrender their rights to their sovereign, who fulfills the role of protecting them

3. individual citizens reach a consensus to elect a sovereign, whose moral authority derives from each citizens vote

4. individual citizens each take part in governing the society they live, and thus are fundamentally co sovereigns of their society.

5. none of the above

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Selina Obrien · Answer 1

The English philosopher Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) is best known for his political thought, and deservedly so. His vision of the world is strikingly original and still relevant to contemporary politics. His main concern is the problem of social and political order: how human beings can live together in peace and avoid the danger and fear of civil conflict. He poses stark alternatives: we should give our obedience to an unaccountable sovereign (a person or group empowered to decide every social and political issue). Otherwise what awaits us is a "state of nature" that closely resembles civil war - a situation of universal insecurity, where all have reason to fear violent death and where rewarding human cooperation is all but impossible.