Thomas Hobbes believed that people gave up their rights to the coercive power of the state in order to:

The answer is escape anarchy.

Explanation:

Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) believed that man's natural state was one of anarchy and lack of control, where we act largely on our instincts and on the principles of war, and that human lives before the advent of governments and monarchies were "nasty, brutish and short." We have to enter into a social contract with a governing authority in order that we have order and are protected from the chaos and anarchy that would otherwise ensue, so that reason can be used to organize society and to maintain the social contract. In exchange for protecting our rights, the sovereign is given absolute authority.