Hobbes Relationship With Nature

Because Hobbes argues that the relationship between people in nature is similar to the animal. And thus the safety of survival has become an important purpose of the people. He considers the so-called natural rights: "the liberty each man hath to use his own power as he will himself for the preservation of his own nature, that is to say, of his own life; and consequently of doing anything which in his own judgment and reason he shall conceive to be the aptest means thereunto."(Leviathan, 4.1) To summarize it, Hobbes is saying that if people will do everything to make sure they can stay alive. In another word, people will be unscrupulous to achieve their goal. "...and there is nothing he can make use of that may not be a help unto him in preserving his
"The reason why men enter into society, is the preservation of their property."(The Two Treaties, 9.222) To sum up, Hobbes's natural state is full of fear and chaos. Mankind by nature is evil but still dominated by reason. People are there to save themselves, desire for security, want to get rid of this terrible circumstances and seek a peaceful and orderly life. Therefore, people have entered into a social contract with each other, and agree to give up the original natural rights, give all the rights to a sovereign. Although Locke's state of nature is a peaceful, orderly, equal and free state under the domination of natural law, its natural state is not perfect and defective. "...in the state of nature he hath such a right, yet the enjoyment of it is very uncertain, and constantly exposed to the invasion of others..."(9.123) According to Locke, in the state of nature, everyone has the power to implement law of nature and violate the right to punishment of the law of nature, and not a clearly defined law as a standard. There is no uniform enforcer and sanctions, will inevitably lead to social confusion and disordered.