THE HOBBESIAN SOCIAL CONTRACT THEORY
Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) an Englishman is prominent among the three major exponents of the social contract theory. Others include John Locke (1632-1704) and Jean-Jaques Rosseau (1712-1778). The social contract theory is a theory that describes the human state of nature. This theory goes to give basis on how human beings forfeit their individual sovereignty for a general will (popular sovereignty). This general will led to the formation of the political institution called ‘State’. The social contract theory goes ahead to contradict and displace the divine theory origin of state, which trace the creation of state to God. The basis of the social theory is that state is a creation of men through a social contract to which they had all consented.
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