Question

Explain the key difference in the views of Hobbes and Locke on the social contract

Answer 1

John Locke believed that everyone was born with a clean slate and that everyone has natural born rights as a human whereas Hobbes believed that noone is born innocent

Answer 2

Hobbes believed that a social contract was necessary to protect people from their own worst instincts. On the other hand, Locke believed that a social contract was necessary to protect people's natural rights. Locke believed that if government did not protect people's rights, they could reject it.