Locke: Hobbes Or Locke?

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Hobbes or Locke?
Wouldn’t you agree that a person’s way of being is influenced by the things they’ve gone through? I believe we all have one thing in common, we’re all naturally moral and reasonable, rather than selfish and greedy at the core. The things a human being has to phase throughout their life is what shapes them, ups and downs are inevitable. We as human beings have progressed from being violent to peaceful, we’re finally coming to reason with the “natural rights”, as Locke would say, us people will always have. There is no person out there who is unaware of the right choice from the wrong choice, we can all tell them apart. Theres plenty of examples of a genuine person gone wrong, due to the things they faced growing up. Take

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