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Comment on Hobbesian notion of Political Obligation (150 words)

  • UPSC 2017
  • 10 marks
  • Western Political Thought

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Thomas Hobbes changed the central question of politics from who should rule? to why should I obey?, asked of individuals owing no natural duty. His answer in Leviathan (1651) is an obligation that each person takes on himself, absolute in extent but conditional on protection.

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