Hobbes’ View on Human Nature
Students will be able to explain how Hobbes’ view of human nature affected
his ideal form of government using the following key terms: Leviathan, social
contract, absolute monarch, and state of nature
Thomas Hobbes believed humans were born _____________ , ___________ ,
and _____________.
Hobbes thought that in this _______________________ , a human’s life was
______________ and ____________________.
To escape this horrible state of nature, Hobbes believed people should enter into a…
SSodib
Social Contract
I hereby agree to give up my ______ to a supreme
_______. In return, I would gain ________ &
________.
I must obey my ruler, even if he rules _________.
I thus agree to give my ruler _____________, so
he may stop people from fighting with each other.
He will
be an
______________________.
“There
is no
power
on earth to be compared to him”
I understand that I may not stage a __________
and that under NO circumstances may I be released
from this contract.
Signature ___________________________
Meet Your Ruler…The Leviathan
Meet Your Ruler: The Leviathan
“There is no power on earth to be compared to him”
Who:
What:
When:
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