Thomas Hobbes and Thomad Locke both had a huge influence in government and society during their time.
They both believed human nature allowed men to be selfish, assumed that th sole right to defend in the state was not enough, and had historical settings placed during the fights between the parliaments and monorchists.
Locke and Hobbes did have their own influences in their culture:
Hobbes' social contract - consent to the dictates of a soveriegn
-the soveriegn can voilate righyts as long as he has order
-collapse of social order is when the soveriegn can be removed
-war constantly threatens to break out
Locke's social contract
-seperation between judicial, legislative, and exeutive branches
-people remain sovereign because they are rational
As you can see their beliefs on governemnt plays a role in society are very different. These ways influenced the the way government functioned and who was king/queen.
