“For a while, the constraints of civilized society keep things peaceful, but soon their system unravels into brutal chaos” (Pojman, 67-68), this is an excerpt that Pojman discussed pertaining to the novel Lord of the Flies, written by William Golding. This quote exemplifies Thomas Hobbes idea on the state of nature and how there can be no structure and stability without a governing force. Another philosopher that challenges Hobbes’ ideas is John Locke, who believes humans would be capable of keeping stability and structure without the social contract to the government. I will prove how Hobbes’ idea is significantly better than Locke’s theory by talking about equality, liberty, rights and morality. I completely agree with Thomas Hobbes and how humans would be incapable of governing themselves which is why we need social structure. First, Thomas Hobbes describes the state of nature and human beings as solely wanting power over one another. He states that nature makes humans equal from the start as so nobody is smarter or stronger from the beginning, but by how we allow ourselves to become. According to Hobbes, the state of nature has “no common ways of life, no enforced laws or moral rules, and no justice or injustice, for these concepts do not apply” (Hobbes, 66). In this quote he means that there is society would be incapable of existing except with the power of the state. He has the idea that humans would be incapable of governing themselves because eventually everyone would break out into chaos and lose all order they had. Men are animals and will
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We do everything for ourselves whether or not we hurt someone else. Our goals in life are ultimately to obtain power over other people to become wealthy, along with have enough food, shelter, and other necessary
We do everything for ourselves whether or not we hurt someone else. Our goals in life are ultimately to obtain power over other people to become wealthy, along with have enough food, shelter, and other necessary