Leviathan Essay

“To make Covenant with bruit Beasts, is impossible; because not understanding our speech, they understand not, nor accept of any translation of Right; nor can translate any Right to another; and without mutual acceptation, there is no Covenant.” This insightful observation was made by Thomas Hobbes a 17th Century English philosopher was the first to coin the phrase social contract in his seminal book Leviathan. The notion of the social contract was found in the Leviathan. This paper will address attitudes of the 21st Century that undermine the social contract and threaten the nature of the Leviathan.
The word Leviathan conjures up images of a mythical beast with unlimited power overthrowing, transgressing every conceivable good idea of humanity,
Subsequently, these rights are guaranteed by the government and the government is granted power by the faith of the people as it is by faith that the transfer of power in initiated. Hobbes propose that faith in the government and its performance in upholding it part of the contract as vital to the maintenance of the contract stating “being trusted, his performance is called Keeping Of Promise, or Faith; and the failing of performance (if it is voluntary) Violation Of Faith.” It could be stated that the faith in the U.S. is at an all time low but the would constitute an understatement of biblical proportions Gallup an American research company reported “WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Americans' confidence in all three branches of the U.S. government has fallen, reaching record lows for the Supreme Court (30%) and Congress (7%), and a six-year low for the presidency (29%). The presidency had the largest drop of the three branches this year, down seven percentage points from its previous rating of 36%.” Furthermore, obstructionist politics has brought the political system to a grinding halt which is best illustrated by the New York Times article Another Impasse on Gun Bills, Another Win for