Research Paper On Thomas Hobbes State Of Nature

A bright red cardinal bird chirps outside your window as you hit snooze on your alarm clock. Your arms find themselves in front you, stretching as if they were a giraffe neck reaching for the leaves on the tallest tree, while you slowly begin to sit up in your bed. You can take your time getting ready for the day, open the enormous wooden door to your home, to find the sun shining brightly over God’s creation. This morning sounds peaceful, right? Think again. Imagine the cardinal pierced by an arrow in a desperate man’s search to satisfy his hunger. Imagine opening the door of your home to find man fighting in man as they seek to justify their ends. Take a moment to imagine it. For Thomas Hobbes, this was a reality. The State of Nature, that …show more content…
As a modern example, the hurricanes that have struck the United States can be looked at in a different way to prove Hobbes's point. If no government aid was provided, people would have taken things into their own hands, only looking out for themselves. Citizens would be swinging fists in desperation to gather food from local grocery stores. There would be gunshots echoing across the four lane highways, that are backed up bumper to bumper in traffic, as man struggles to move an inch. Food, water, and other necessities would be stolen. Bodies would be slumped over steering wheels lining up along the highway. While it is hard to imagine, it could easily have been a reality. Ask yourself what you would have done to protect yourself if you knew no help was coming. Without our food and water supply, and the temporary tents and houses that some are provided by the government, people would be running around like a chicken with their heads cut off desperate for survival measures. This situation could have easily taken a dark turn as man could have desperately wandered into survival mode, resulting in intense violence, just as Hobbes