It is my belief that Thomas Hobbes would agree with the Ring of Gyges story. He seem to come across as thinking people are bad natured for the most part. Thomas Hobbes makes it know that human beings need law to persuade them towards making just decisions, and without them we would resort to an animalistic chaos. Furthermore, I gathered from the text that Thomas Hobbes assumes that without a leader or governing body that mankind would be in a constant state of war. In my opinion, Thomas Hobbs and Jesus Christ’s golden rule have similar goals, but are not quite the same. Thomas Hobbes’s rule is a bit more selfish. His rule dictates to not do anything bad to other simply because you would not want someone to do them to you. On the other hand,
