History · Historical Method and Historiography
UGC NET June 2014 History
Who among the following philosophers contributed to the theory of social contract?
AT. Hobbes and J. Locke
BJ. Locke and J.J. Rousseau
CT. Hobbes, J. Locke and J.J. Rousseau ✓ Correct
DJ.J. Rousseau
Correct answer: (C) T. Hobbes, J. Locke and J.J. Rousseau — All three, Hobbes, Locke and Rousseau, contributed to the theory, so the answer is Hobbes, Locke and Rousseau.
Explanation
★All three, Hobbes, Locke and Rousseau, contributed to the theory, so the answer is Hobbes, Locke and Rousseau.
★The social contract theory explains the origin of society and government.
★It holds that people were once in a state of nature.
★By using their reason they then formed a society and a government by agreement.
★Hobbes, Locke and Rousseau each gave a different version of this idea.
★Their works greatly shaped modern political thought.
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