Which Influential Thinker Thought the Social Contract Was Necessary Because

question 36

Multiple Choice

Which influential thinker thought the social contract was necessary because the state of nature (i.e., pre-civilized life) was a "war of all against all" and was "nasty, brutal, and short"?

• A) Plato
• B) Aristotle
• C) Hobbes
• D) Rawls

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