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Post-UTME Government 2009 Objective — Question 3

Question 3 of 14 from the Post-UTME Screening (Post-UTME) Government 2009 Objective paper, with the correct answer and a full explanation.

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Who among the following political philosophers advocated sovereignty should be the king?

  • A. Jean Jacques Rousseau
  • B. Thomas HobbesCorrect
  • C. John Austin
  • D. Jean Bodin

Explanation

Thomas Hobbes advocated for absolute sovereign authority (traditionally vested in a monarch) in his work Leviathan.

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