Question

which statement about thomas hobbes and john locke is not correct?

• thomas hobbes argued that life in the state of nature was \solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.\
• thomas hobbes argued that because the \general will\ of the people was for freedom, the people as a whole should force individual citizens to conform to the general will.
• both john locke and thomas hobbes wrote about the social contract that they imagined forming the first governments.
• john locke argued that humans had natural rights that included \life, liberty, and property.\

Explanation:

• Analyze each option:
• Option 1: Thomas Hobbes did describe the state of nature as "solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short" – this is correct.
• Option 2: The "general will" concept is associated with Jean - Jacques Rousseau, not Thomas Hobbes. Hobbes' social contract theory was about people giving up rights to a sovereign for order, so this statement about Hobbes is incorrect.
• Option 3: Both Hobbes (Leviathan) and Locke (Two Treatises of Government) wrote about the social contract and the formation of governments – this is correct.
• Option 4: John Locke is well - known for his argument that humans have natural rights to life, liberty, and property – this is correct.

Answer:

B. Thomas Hobbes argued that because the "general will" of the people was for freedom, the people as a whole should force individual citizens to conform to the general will.