Question
How did the social contract theorist Hobbes envision life without a government?(1 point)
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Hobbes envisioned life without a government as a natural right.
Hobbes envisioned life without a government as a natural right.
Hobbes envisioned life without a government as uncivilized.
Hobbes envisioned life without a government as uncivilized.
Hobbes envisioned that life without a government would result in revolution.
Hobbes envisioned that life without a government would result in revolution.
Hobbes envisioned life without a government as living under a king.
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Hobbes envisioned life without a government as a natural right.
Hobbes envisioned life without a government as a natural right.
Hobbes envisioned life without a government as uncivilized.
Hobbes envisioned life without a government as uncivilized.
Hobbes envisioned that life without a government would result in revolution.
Hobbes envisioned that life without a government would result in revolution.
Hobbes envisioned life without a government as living under a king.
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GPT-4o mini
Hobbes envisioned life without a government as uncivilized. He famously described this state as a "war of all against all," where life would be "solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short." In his view, without a powerful governing authority to impose order and security, human beings would revert to a chaotic existence driven by self-interest and competition.