State of Nature: Hobbes and Locke
Some of the most important arguments in these two chapters showed great contrast among the authors outlining different expectations pertaining to the actions and beliefs of man and the definition of right and wrong, the need for rule in a nation and which will best provide for a successful society.
Thomas Hobbs Chapter 13 over Leviathan focused mainly on man’s commonality pertaining to their desires to fight for his wants and desires, leading him to a jealous and destructive nature. That man is only concerned with his own self-preservation and not the needs of other men. This view steers him to battle for his place and status in the world. In this society, man is willing to kill one another to achieve their the highest reaches of the social ladder. In this belief not all men are not equals amongst themselves that it …show more content…
That men who are born without impartiality are able to maintain order and can be governed by a civil government in which the authority is vested in a legislative and executive power if they consent to it. There must be trust in the government due to the fact that some freedom is being relinquished for the belief in the common good of the people. Locke goes on to say that no man should harm another man, nor take away his rights. That how we treat one another is how we ourselves would like to be treated, and that we should also refrain from taking another’s life, liberty, health, or belongings. That to take another man’s belongings, property or life will not be tolerated and the perpetrator will be used as an example to deter further unlawful acts. And unlike in the time before when a man was tied to the laws of nature, he does not have to compete with other men but to preserve one another for the rest of mankind; further allowing equality and not competition among
Some of the most important arguments in these two chapters showed great contrast among the authors outlining different expectations pertaining to the actions and beliefs of man and the definition of right and wrong, the need for rule in a nation and which will best provide for a successful society.
Thomas Hobbs Chapter 13 over Leviathan focused mainly on man’s commonality pertaining to their desires to fight for his wants and desires, leading him to a jealous and destructive nature. That man is only concerned with his own self-preservation and not the needs of other men. This view steers him to battle for his place and status in the world. In this society, man is willing to kill one another to achieve their the highest reaches of the social ladder. In this belief not all men are not equals amongst themselves that it …show more content…
That men who are born without impartiality are able to maintain order and can be governed by a civil government in which the authority is vested in a legislative and executive power if they consent to it. There must be trust in the government due to the fact that some freedom is being relinquished for the belief in the common good of the people. Locke goes on to say that no man should harm another man, nor take away his rights. That how we treat one another is how we ourselves would like to be treated, and that we should also refrain from taking another’s life, liberty, health, or belongings. That to take another man’s belongings, property or life will not be tolerated and the perpetrator will be used as an example to deter further unlawful acts. And unlike in the time before when a man was tied to the laws of nature, he does not have to compete with other men but to preserve one another for the rest of mankind; further allowing equality and not competition among