Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan Penguin Classics
Paper should be 5-6pages in length, double-spaced, Times New Roman 12-point font with one-inchmargins. Do NOT use any secondary sources. Your paper should be based entirely on the assigned reading and your brain. You will need to substantiate your claims with quotes from the books. When citing course material, as was the case with the first paper, you may do so parenthetically. You only need to include a works cited page if you are using different translations from those on the syllabus. The paper will be graded on your ability to answer the question, communicate in a clear and concise manner, and to show your own engagement with the text. Please respond to one of the following prompts: 1.)Hobbes, Locke, and Wollstonecraft are all concerned with individual rights and liberty. What is the role individual liberty plays in each theory and how doesthe state potentially protect, extend,or limitlibertyfor each theorist?What is the role of tyrannyin their discussion of liberty? 2.)Hobbes, Locke, and Wollstonecraft have differing views of equality. How are they different? How does each theoristchallenge or extend current (for their time) understandings of equality?Why is their use of equality important to their theory? Readings: *Must be from these readings or another translation of these, but no secondary sources.* Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan Penguin Classics ISBN: 978-0140431957 John Locke, The Second Treatise of Government and A Letter Concerning Toleration Dover Thrift Editions ISBN: 978-0486424644 Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman Hackett Publishing ISBN: 978-1603849388 The paper should be 1375 words long

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