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The Enlightenment

Question 2 • SVHS US Government $FA

John Locke thought people were neither good nor bad naturally. How did Hobbes’s views differ from Locke’s?

Answer
A
Hobbes thought people were naturally violent.
B
Hobbes thought people were naturally kind.
C
Hobbes thought people were naturally peaceful.
D
Hobbes thought people were naturally evil.

Explanation

Locke believed people were not naturally good or bad, while Hobbes thought people were driven by self-interest and could be violent without strong authority or laws. Therefore, the choice that best describes Hobbes’s view is that people were naturally violent. “Naturally evil” is stronger than Hobbes’s usual argument about human behavior.

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