Talk:Social contract

Hobbes and natural rights

So I changed our section a bit. It was taken from Wikipedia some time ago.

Here is Wikipedia's current version: "The social contract was seen as an "occurrence" during which individuals came together and ceded some of their individual rights so that others would cede theirs.[11] This resulted in the establishment of the state, a sovereign entity like the individuals now under its rule used to be, which would create laws to regulate social interactions. Human life was thus no longer "a war of all against all". "

Individual rights links to natural rights for some reason.

Now maybe I am misremembering, but I thought the whole point of Hobbes was that there were no natural rights. Without individuals coming together and agreeing on a contract, it's anything goes.

Is Wikipedia really this wrong about such a basic question of political theory? Is this an opportunity for us to do better? Auggie (talk) 08:51, 10 June 2019 (CDT)