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Hobbes and Locke present fundamentally different social contract theories.
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Scholarly consensus and historical texts confirm that Thomas Hobbes and John Locke advanced distinct versions of social contract theory, differing fundamentally in their views on human nature, natural rights, and sovereign power.

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Wikipedia: Thomas Hobbes
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Wikipedia: John Locke
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Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Contemporary Approaches to the Social Contract
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Confirms that social contract theories fundamentally differ across theorists like Hobbes and Locke.
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: John Locke
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Notes Locke's place in the classical social contract tradition with distinct natural rights views.
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