Question

Thomas Hobbes used social contract theory to justify which type of government?

A. Republic
B. Direct Democracy
C. Monarchy
D. None of the above

Answer 1

The answer is C, monarchy. Thomas Hobbes used that type of government.

Answer 2

B. Direct Democracy

His ideas are central to modern politics and modern political science. He argues that human beings are not naturally social or political, that the state of nature is a state of war, and that we must self-consciously create a government that is based on mutual consent.