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    Compare and contrast hobbes’ and locke’s accounts of the state of nature. Joana Dourado-000048269 PLT 4100A: Major Political Thinkers Dr. Paul Rekret February 26‚ 2015 [WORD COUNT: 1‚074] The state of nature as one would say is a concept in social contract theories to represent the supposed condition in which the live of man may have possibly been like before the existence of societies. Two 17th century political philosopher‚ which have both given their views and ideas of

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    the political philosophy of Thomas Hobbes and Rene Descartes‚ in particular their ideas relating to the science of man‚ and attempt to explain why their ideas prove that it is not possible to construct a science of man.<br><br>I will also briefly mention the philosophy of Donald Davidson in regards to a science of man.<br><br>The theories of Hobbes and the contemporary socio-biologists attempt to recognise how man works and on that basis build a society.<br><br>"Hobbes wished to be seen as the inventor

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    The English philosopher Thomas Hobbes supported the idea that a social contract is necessary in order for a moral society to be attainable. Hobbes argued that morality would be non-existent within ‘a state of nature’. This is a society that lives in the absence of a social contract or a superior authority; he then concluded that life of an individual in this society would be “solitary‚ poor‚ brutish and short”‚ inevitably‚ by having no one to enforce moral behaviour. Hobbes furthered his argument

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    our natural instinct to do whatever it takes to survive. The state of nature describes man before any type of civil society is introduced. John Locke and Thomas Hobbes were both social contract theorists that have two very different opinions about how exactly we behave and what type of governing body would be most successful. While both Hobbes and Locke agree that individual power must be forfeited in order to achieve peace‚ Hobbes’s idea of how much power is extreme. Locke’s theories explain human

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    Thomas hobbes theory of human nature is proven by the hunger games ‚ because of killing and the people’s bad behavior. The annual hunger games are based off of bad human nature. In the book ‚ the book quotes “ Taking the kids from our districts‚ forcing them to kill one another while we watch”.( 1.76) By stating this quote‚ this quote proves that human nature is bad ‚ because killing for no legal reason and forcing a child to harm or kill another child is cruel. The competition of the hunger games

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    water and no way of escaping. What would people do to survive? How would people be able to work together and who would be the one to take control? As the great philosopher Thomas Hobbes once said‚ “Government is necessary‚ not because man is naturally bad...but because man is by nature more individualistic than social”(Hobbes) This notion explains how people would likely behave on that desolate island. People would only care about themselves not because they are bad‚ but because of human nature

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    2. Hobbes claims that without a government to enforce law and order‚ we would find ourselves in a “war...of every man against every man.” What reasons does he give for believing this? Do you think he is right? Hobbes argues that when there is no government or civil authority in place‚ humans are living in a state of nature. This state is what Hobbes calls a war‚ “of every man against every other man” (Leviathan pg.106). Since there is no order in place‚ everybody can then claim anything they want

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    between Thomas Hobbes natural state of man and Jean Rousseau’s natural state of man‚ where there is no society or government over us‚ is whether man in naturally selfish and out for his/her own personal gain and protection or if we would naturally come together for the betterment of all persons and cooperation. I will first be talking about Hobbes’ view point of the state of nature of man and then Rousseau’s objection to Hobbes and his differing thoughts about the state of nature of man. Thomas Hobbes

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    the natural human is a topic discussed for centuries. Philosophers for generations asked question regarding the form of government that human beings react best in. In class we examined both Thomas Hobbes and John Locke’s theory of the State of Nature which allowed us to see their viewpoints on humankind. Hobbes believes that humans are selfishly motivated and are constantly at war with one another. However‚ Locke has a more positive outlook. He believes that humans behaved based on the Law of Nature

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    Does power or authority make order? Thomas Hobbes‚ in writing the Leviathan‚ proposes an answer to the question. However‚ there must first be a definition of the terms power‚ authority‚ and order. Hobbes classifies power in two categories: natural powers‚ which are basic powers of the body and mind such as physical strength and prudence‚ and instrumental powers‚ which are powers that are means and instruments to acquire more powers such as riches‚ reputation‚ and friends. These powers‚ together‚

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