As Thomas Hobbes stated in Leviathan, " during the time men live without a common power to keep them all in awe, they are in that condition which is called war, and such a war as is of every man against every man." ...

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Hobbes's theory about egoism and the social contract is that everyone is selfish. ... But in order to have this sense of "safety" one needs to have their leviathan, such as a king or government that can uphold the "laws" that are created between the people. ... However, in order to make sure that we don't just say that we won't steal and then steal each others stuff, we would need our leviathan, our mutual friend "Frank." ... Rawls's social contract theory is that we make the same deal as in Hobbes's theory except that we make our deal in the veil of ignorance. ... The...

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