In Thomas Hobbs’s Leviathan, he asserts that to have order in a society there must be an absolute sovereignty to defend against war and conflicts and that within a society, there must be regulation to avoid internal conflict. Hobbs theorizes we must give up our individual rights to a greater governing authority and that doing so is essential to our survival. Indeed, his assertion is valid because human instinct tends to be self-interested; humans will do whatever it takes to survive, so an absolute power is necessary to ensure order.
We must give up our natural right to avoid conflict within an individual. Hobbes states, “war of every one against every one,” which means that everyone has the same interest, which is survival. Human does everything to survive, example, when you put a group of people on an island with food for each individual. One will eventually try to take another individual possessing, to ensure their survival. These are not just within human, animals and we called …show more content…
It will cause conflict, Hobbes states, “some form of “mixed” government with different branch of government holding different components of political authority, or government…and the people.” This is a valid statement because we have seen throughout history why mixed form of government cannot with stand together. Example is our own nation, Democratic and Republic so much conflict has risen due to the different ideology of running the government. Centuries ago we had a political party called Whig, which had disappeared due to other parties coming and take over them. Our nation has been facing such issues which creates conflict among individuals became one may believe one way and another may believe the opposite way. This creates conflict in governemt and in society. When being in a government where citizens don’t have similar view in government will create major conflict in
We must give up our natural right to avoid conflict within an individual. Hobbes states, “war of every one against every one,” which means that everyone has the same interest, which is survival. Human does everything to survive, example, when you put a group of people on an island with food for each individual. One will eventually try to take another individual possessing, to ensure their survival. These are not just within human, animals and we called …show more content…
It will cause conflict, Hobbes states, “some form of “mixed” government with different branch of government holding different components of political authority, or government…and the people.” This is a valid statement because we have seen throughout history why mixed form of government cannot with stand together. Example is our own nation, Democratic and Republic so much conflict has risen due to the different ideology of running the government. Centuries ago we had a political party called Whig, which had disappeared due to other parties coming and take over them. Our nation has been facing such issues which creates conflict among individuals became one may believe one way and another may believe the opposite way. This creates conflict in governemt and in society. When being in a government where citizens don’t have similar view in government will create major conflict in