Similarities Between Locke And Thomas Hobbes

Thomas Hobbes was an absolute monarchist that believed human beings were organisms that were in constant motion, and needed to have some sort of authority or restraint, so they could be stopped from pursuing any selfish act. In contrast to John Locke were he believed in a democratic rule and constitutes that human nature was identified by reason and tolerance. The political ideology that Hobbes obtains is precise regarding the following points: people are naturally born with rights but must give up any right to the monarch so in return they receive protection, humans are naturally wicked, cruel, inhumane and selfish, no individual can be trusted to govern themselves and cannot maintain order, and the main purpose of a government body is to implement law and order. It is normal to be in a state of war knowing the reality of human nature, being in constant conflict amongst
other individuals is a normal state, therefore individuals don’t have the assurance that their life is preserved. In contrast to Locke's ideology it is absurd to believe that humans are good by nature, and to give them the power to govern themselves because they can be trusted.
Humans are deceivable and need limitations from institutions. For example John Locke, addresses the issue that when the government fails to preserve the natural rights of citizens then the people have the right to rebel and it's even their duty to rebel against an oppressive government. On the contrary, if each individual resigned their rights and power to the hands of the government through a social contract for self preservation they have no right to question or rebel against the government. If you do what you are told then you the right to not be killed no matter the decisions the sovereign dictates, by following through you are not in violation of the social contract. Locke's ideology regarding the social contract is absurd, for the mere reason that if every power is given to the sovereign then there is no such thing as impartial justice, following the established laws by the sovereign should dictate the position of the
individual. Hobbes position on civil society is relatively the same when he states that peace is disguised as war. In chapter XXIX Hobbes asserts that corporations that represent the people should be replaced with a direct state power, " Those that arise an Imperfect institution, and resemble the diseases of a naturall body, which proceed from a Defectuous Procreation," (Hobbes, 162). Hobbes argued that civil society should only be present in the power of the state, an example would be if private institutions would exist then those independent corporations or institutions should be extinguished. Hobbes believed that the state should have unlimited power and favored the various ways the sovereign would end any conflict by oppressing the people. Locke opposes to this idea, he believes that the government should only act among the conditions the social contract implies and to not go any further.