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According to Hobbes, what is the primary purpose of the social contract?
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Thomas Hobbes argued that people make social contracts, create laws and governments, because they recognize that an orderly and stable society is preferable to one in the "state of nature". Thus, according to Hobbes, the people you choose to sign the social contract out of fear.