HISTORY
ABSOLUTISM AND REVOLUTION
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Question
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Hobbes believed that people give up some liberty in order to ____
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gain peace and safety.
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require others to give up theirs.
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gain power over others.
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avoid being arrested.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Hobbes asserted that the people agreed among themselves to “lay down” their natural rights of equality and freedom and give absolute power to a sovereign. The sovereign, created by the people, might be a person or a group.
Detailed explanation-2: -Hobbes believes that moral judgments about good and evil cannot exist until they are decreed by a society’s central authority. This position leads directly to Hobbes’s belief in an autocratic and absolutist form of government.
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