Card 48 / 63: According to Thomas Hobbes, what is one of the essential elements in a workable "social contract"?
A) Men should give up their right of self-defense.
B) A sovereign should be given sole authority and power to enforce the contract.
C) Citizens, not the sovereign, should be given authority to mete out punishments for breaches of the contract.
D) Men are justified in resisting the power of the sovereign when he oversteps his power.

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