How Did Thomas Hobbes Describe the State of Nature

question 40

Multiple Choice

How did Thomas Hobbes describe the state of nature?

• A) a war of every man against every man
• B) a state where all order their actions, and dispose of their possessions and persons, as they think fit, within the bounds of the law of nature
• C) a morally neutral and peaceful condition, preceding socialization, in which individuals act according to basic urges and the desire for self-preservation
• D) the principles of governance that would be accepted by a group of rational individuals who have been made ignorant of their positions in society

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