Essay On Hobbes Laws Of Nature

Hobbes biggest point was men always want more power and honor. He explains that in order to get the power, we will fight for it. This results in a brutish and short life for each one of us. That’s why the laws of nature and commonwealth was developed by Hobbes. The laws of nature includes the reason and will that are needed to end the everlasting battle of every man for himself. Reason gives us the idea of why we want it to end. We must realize that the battle is causing each one of us to be in constant awareness for threats. This prevent any real action to happen that brings pleasure. Reason also show that there needs to be some sort of peace to stop the war. The will allows us to be ready to give up the rights of fighting for ourselves and power. The solution to the problem that we all seems to want to solve is what Hobbes calls the commonwealth or sovereign. The sovereign is someone who will keep everyone accountable. Let say there is a group of people that each have a rock. This would be like the battle that Hobbes discussed earlier. Everyone want to attack someone else but being on the …show more content…
The overall idea is great because it would end this war between each of us. But, there are some gaps in the idea that are unexplained that makes the whole idea questionable. First is the giving up of the rights (or rocks) to the one person. Hobbes explained deeply on how we always want more power. By giving up the rights, we are making someone else more powerful. Why would we want to do that if we want power? Even with the laws of natures, making someone else powerful would override the reasoning and will. No only we are making someone else powerful but we are giving up the oppinunity to become the powerful one. Everyone would want to be the sovereign one and that will result in loss of peace. The idea of Sovereign is great if it would happen but based on the greediness of everyone, it would never happen. But are we as greedy as Hobbes said we