Hobbes doctrine the Leviathan based on his social contract
theories. As the book was written in the midst of a civil war
much of it focuses on the need of a strong central authority to
avoid discord and civil war. In his Leviathan Hobbes
hypothesizes what life would be like without government, also
known as state of nature. In this state each person would have a
certain right, or license to all . This would eventually lead to
a “bellum omnium contra omnes” or war against all, and people
would love solitary, poor, short lives. In order to avoid this
he states that man needs to agree to a social contract and
establish civil society. Hobbes states that “society is a
population beneath a sovereign authority, to whom all
individuals in that society cede their natural rights for the
sake of protection”. This means that man gives up some of his
natural right to the sovereign in exchange for protection and
order, and any misuse of this power is to be acknowledged as the
price of peace, although in extreme cases rebel