According to Hobbes,to achieve peace for ourselves and to avoid death,humans enter into a ____________ and submit to an overarching sovereign authority charged with ensuring peace for everyone.

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Hobbes believed that humans enter into a social contract in which they give up some of their individual freedoms in exchange for protection and security provided by an overarching sovereign authority, thus avoiding the state of nature in which life is "solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short." This sovereign authority could be a government or monarchy that is charged with ensuring peace and stability for all individuals within the society. Choices B and C are not relevant to Hobbes' theory, and while D is partially correct, it is not as specific as choice A in terms of Hobbes' overall theory of the social contract.

According to Hobbes,to Achieve Peace for Ourselves and to Avoid