🎴 Flashcard Mode
Social Philosophy
Card1 / 15
Mastered0
Review0
QuestionClick to flip
Which social philosopher argued that the state is a necessary evil that should be minimized?
AnswerClick to flip back
A
Thomas Hobbes
💡 Explanation:
Thomas Hobbes, in his work 'Leviathan', argued that the state is a necessary evil to prevent a state of nature where life is 'solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.'