In this passage, Hobbes discusses the nature of the government that people create with their social contract. According to Hobbes, this government should

Hobbes believed people create government to escape the insecurity and violence of life without political authority. To keep order and enforce the social contract, the government must have enough power to control society; Hobbes therefore favored a sovereign with complete authority. The correct choice is “be completely powerful.”

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