hobbes choice definition
Hobson's choice. 1. the choice of taking either that which is offered or nothing; the absence of a real alternative. Hobson's choice.
The condition in which people give up some individual liberty in exchange for some common security is the Social Contract. Hobbes defines contract as the mutual transferring of right.. In the state of nature, everyone has the right to everything - there are no limits to the right of natural liberty. The social contract is the agreement by which individuals mutually transfer their natural right.