Thomas Hobbes and John Locke agree that

a. the government must have absolute power in order to avoid chaos.
b. a government derives its authority from God.
c. rationality enables humans to perceive the necessity of entering a social contract to create the state.
d. prior to the formation of government we do not have any rights


ANSWER: c

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