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    fascism to communism. It instead strives to make the government adhere to the principles of the Constitution‚ to better represent the people; protesting against laws is a check on the fallibility of the members of the government. In The Leviathan‚ Thomas Hobbes argues that the social contract between man and government allows man to exit the state of nature and enter the state of law. Each man comprises the body of the Leviathan‚ with only the head

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    Hobbes vs the Fool In Hobbes case‚ justice is characterized supporting a covenant‚ and for those who shatter their covenant will be penalized accordingly.  The fool first expresses his assertion having “said in his heart: ’there is no such thing as justice’” (L p. I ch: xv [4]).  If there are no covenants to be broken‚ this would signify neither just or unjust actions exist.  The fool by rejecting the reality of fairness is rejecting the achievement of covenants in general‚ yet as we currently

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    Philosophical Comparison (Hobbes & Locke) Hobbes‚ while being clearly in support of a Unitarian government under one strong leader‚ is seemingly in juxtaposition to Locke‚ who holds that any government must conform to the laws established in the legislation. Hobbes‚ reacting to the brutal and violent civil war taking place in England‚ was writing in protest to what he saw. Hobbes believed that in this state nothing would‚ or could be achieved. He believed that what would unify the state was not

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    What is the argumentative function of Hobbes’s ‘state of nature’ and of Rawls’s ‘original position?’ Compare these accounts and critically assess their cogency. Both Hobbes’ ‘state of nature’ and Rawls’ ‘original position’ are used to provide individuals with good reason to consent to a social contract and to accept their state. The two arguments are formulated with quite different end goals in mind. The ‘state of nature’ presents a terrifying world without reason or safety and is designed to force

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    Question 1: Explain what Hobbes description of the state of nature is supposed to show and why. Hobbes description of the state of nature is supposed to show that society can have a life without government‚ rules‚ or a ruler. That everyone in a society is roughly equal and no matter how strong a person may be‚ they can be killed by another person or a group of people (Rader‚ n.d.). During his time‚ kings and other ruling classes were above the rest of society. This got Hobbes thinking of what really

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    Hobbes’ Leviathan is divided into four parts: Of Man‚ Of Commonwealth‚ Of a Christian Commonwealth‚ and Of the Kingdom of Darkness. Overall Hobbes tried to explain the reasons a commonwealth may govern men‚ and how to create the best way for this type government to function in order to contain the desires of its denizens. Leviathan represents a key turning point in Hobbes’s perspectives on religion‚ since for the first time he becomes fully aware of what may be called the political problem of religion

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    Leviathan. In the state of nature‚ men are not magnanimous beings. A notion similar to the first sin‚ yet different from a philosopher like Jean Jacque Rousseau. It has always been taken for granted that there are wicked and virtuous humans‚ yet for Hobbes‚ humans are innately wicked. These notions‚ however abstract and contradictory they may seem‚ are demonstrated in this short paper; Hobbes’s chapter 13 of Leviathan is abridged in this paper. First‚ the inclinations that drive men to behave in a wicked

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    In today’s society the government is a combination of both Hobbes and Locke political views. The government merged the ideas of the two philosophers and took their best points. The government should not consist of total freedom but it also should not consist of total structure‚ there need to be a bit of both‚ a balance of both. During Locke’s argument he never factor in how the people were going deem what rights were justifiable and what right were unjust. With that being said anyone in the state

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    separate concepts but the state of nature has the fundamental problem and civil government is the solution for the problems of the state of nature. After analyzing how Locke and Hobbes understand the state of nature it is evident that they share many ideas but they also show essential differences in their ideas. Hobbes regards the state of nature as a state of war‚ in which natural law is established only after a process of reasoning. This process leads men to the conclusion that they must somehow

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    John Locke and Thomas Hobbes were two important philosophers from the seventeenth century. The two were born nearly 50 years apart – Hobbes in 1588 and Locke in 1632 – and yet‚ they each managed to have a major impact on their time and our own. The philosophical viewpoints of Locke and Hobbes are‚ in most cases‚ in strict opposition of each other. There are certain points at which the theories of both men collide; however‚ their synonymous beliefs are exactly the point at which their theories

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