What did Thomas Hobbes mean by the state of nature

What did Thomas Hobbes mean by the state of nature

What did Thomas Hobbes mean by the state of nature? What did he imagine life would be like in such a state? How did he suggest that people could get out of such a state?

Define contractarianism, and explain how contractarians seek to justify moral rules. Do you find contractarianism to be an attractive moral theory? Why or why not?

Have we all consented to abide by a social contract? If so, how? If not, is this a problem for contractarianism? Defend your answer.

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Thomas Hobbes (1588-1676) argued that the state of nature depicts the hypothetical circumstances that are assumed to exist in society before, where in the lack of a governing authority, humans lived in “absolute freedom and equality as egoists. Hobbes also meant that the state of nature is chaotic since it constitutes a criminal coalition……………………………..

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