our consent or the legitimacy that this confers on the state that are important but instead the question of who (we believe) is able and willing to protect us

rights are not politically salient in the face of overwhelm­ ing sovereign power

importance of consent and the right to rebel against the sovereign under certain condition

Hobbes's contemporaries even suggested that his work justified rebelling against one's sovereign

duties of the sovereign and the potential for rebellion if the sovereign fails to properly regulate doctrine or deliver equitable criminal justice.

This rights transfer is not absolute, as subjects retain a right to self-preservation.Some scholars disagree about how impactful this retained right is.