Locke believes that we could live in a State of Nature, and life would be possible even without the government. The state of nature for Locke is a state of perfect freedom, a state of equality bound by the Law of Nature on the respect to human nature is where men are not inherently good or evil. Since people are free to do what they wish, laws are needed to protect a society. Even though laws restrict our freedom, they're necessary to protect us and our rights to keep us from harm. Locke is a champion of private property, and believes there can be no justice without it; in fact, he states that if a man finds an unowned object and puts it to use, the intellect and labor alone create the right of ownership. Locke is credited as being the intellectual father of American ideals. And with Hobbes he think that a man's
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Man is God's property, therefore one has the right to defend oneself from harm; 2. Therefore one also has the duty to protect others from harm; 3. Therefore one is also obligated to punish those who cause harm. In which Hobbes says the environment where everyone acted on their desires without any legal or moral restraint. This would obviously lead to chaos as everybody would be stealing, pillaging and killing to satisfy their wants. Within the state of nature there is no justice, since there is no law. So in Locke eyes the purpose of government was to help all people achieve equal natural rights. He also said that the gravely warned that if people were continuously mistreated and denied their natural rights, it would be a rebel against the government. And what Hobbes says the purpose of government is the main purpose of government is to maintain order and security. In which he is right because without order the world would be doomed. So furthermore the theories of the human nature, state of nature, and purpose of government. Hobbes wants the opposite of Locke in the way no human should have these rights and should be in line and follow with the
Man is God's property, therefore one has the right to defend oneself from harm; 2. Therefore one also has the duty to protect others from harm; 3. Therefore one is also obligated to punish those who cause harm. In which Hobbes says the environment where everyone acted on their desires without any legal or moral restraint. This would obviously lead to chaos as everybody would be stealing, pillaging and killing to satisfy their wants. Within the state of nature there is no justice, since there is no law. So in Locke eyes the purpose of government was to help all people achieve equal natural rights. He also said that the gravely warned that if people were continuously mistreated and denied their natural rights, it would be a rebel against the government. And what Hobbes says the purpose of government is the main purpose of government is to maintain order and security. In which he is right because without order the world would be doomed. So furthermore the theories of the human nature, state of nature, and purpose of government. Hobbes wants the opposite of Locke in the way no human should have these rights and should be in line and follow with the