Athena Olsen
February 5th, 2016
Justifying a State
Hobbes argues that to break free from a state of nature, man kind would have to submit themselves to a system of absolute sovereignty. There is a shortage of everything good in the world, pushing people towards pursuits and actions that are hierarchically constructed by nature to become the greatest evil they can be. Which is pronounced as the war of all against all which characterizes the state of nature. Justification, but more so pushing the need for an absolute sovereign because the 'solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short' in the state of nature is the one thing above all else that cannot be averted. Because his principle idea is based on human nature, that all human beings seek to satisfy their desires there cannot be a higher good for men. Rather a constant progression of appetites, a saddening reality that no man generally wants anything in particular but the prevailing and ultimately consuming desire 'to assure forever, the way of his future desire,' and because of this way of existence a state will forever be necessary and justifiable. …show more content…
The reason a state is justifiable is that it is given assorted capabilities through which it has the ability to establish a barrier and instruct a world where we are able to preserve peace to hinder from reverting back into the state of nature. The main idea is a state of war would be dreadful for every inhabiter but for that exact same reason it makes everyone willing to live a life in such a state. Its’ as to say yes this is bad but it could be so much worst. And for that we accept it and the stresses of every day life drown out the noise until its merely a thought for those that have too much time on their
February 5th, 2016
Justifying a State
Hobbes argues that to break free from a state of nature, man kind would have to submit themselves to a system of absolute sovereignty. There is a shortage of everything good in the world, pushing people towards pursuits and actions that are hierarchically constructed by nature to become the greatest evil they can be. Which is pronounced as the war of all against all which characterizes the state of nature. Justification, but more so pushing the need for an absolute sovereign because the 'solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short' in the state of nature is the one thing above all else that cannot be averted. Because his principle idea is based on human nature, that all human beings seek to satisfy their desires there cannot be a higher good for men. Rather a constant progression of appetites, a saddening reality that no man generally wants anything in particular but the prevailing and ultimately consuming desire 'to assure forever, the way of his future desire,' and because of this way of existence a state will forever be necessary and justifiable. …show more content…
The reason a state is justifiable is that it is given assorted capabilities through which it has the ability to establish a barrier and instruct a world where we are able to preserve peace to hinder from reverting back into the state of nature. The main idea is a state of war would be dreadful for every inhabiter but for that exact same reason it makes everyone willing to live a life in such a state. Its’ as to say yes this is bad but it could be so much worst. And for that we accept it and the stresses of every day life drown out the noise until its merely a thought for those that have too much time on their