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POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
​ Locke, Hobbes, and Rousseau are all contractarians.We have given up some of our
freedoms in exchange forprotectionWe humans have created a contract betweenThe State
and the individuals to whom we voluntarily adhere. The State, therefore, is no longer
considered a natural organization as in Aristotle's time, but an invention.human.
​ Contractualism is the opposite of "man is by nature a political animal." This view
held that living in politics...(city) in society, has allowed the development of the language
forCommunicating complex concepts and social skills is a natural tendency to seek
connection with others due to our very human nature. If you don't live in a polis, you are
considered...beast(miserable) Part(already happy) since a single human can achieve
happiness in cities among other people.
​ Contractualists believe that history is divided into three moments:
1.​ State of nature:natural fictional moment (plausible)pre-politician-social The
humans were free andThey were identical to each other, but isolated..
2.​ Contract:The state of nature is no longer sustainable and a pact voluntary which
implies the end of freedom and equality. Its purpose is the creation of the State, an
entity above individuals.
3.​ State:artifice of individuals(artificial). The State is hierarchical and generates
stratification.




HOBBES
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Hobbes thinks that humans are selfishThey want more power than they have. From
this sorghum, or from their conflicts and a war.permanent between individuals where the
possibility of death always exists, which generates unhappy people with short and violent
lives. In fact, man is the wolf to other men, isFor this reason, driven by the instinct for
self-preservation, the State was created for convenience, to live under a common power by
relinquishing freedoms so that all could be subjects. The State, according to Hobbes,
is...Leviathan, based on a biblical sea monster.


Explanation-
​ According to Hobbes, the State of Nature was a state of war, where there was always
a manifest inclination to go to war (a will to fight against another), and that is why the State
represents protection and controls anxiety through laws, where there is a punishment for
not complying with them.

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