notable in their discussions and separate ideologies of various aspects of the state of nature. As a result‚ their political orders diverge accordingly. Both men look toward the creation of civil order in order to protect not only the security of the individual‚ but also the security of the state. The Hobbesian state of nature is described as a very bleak and dreary place. Hobbes believed that people in this state were not guided by reason‚ but instead were guided by innate primal‚ animalistic
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imagined “state of nature” is full of “masterless men” (p. 140). Jean Jacque Rousseau’s imagined “state of nature” is full of radically independent‚ solitary individuals who are innocent of good and evil. How does Hobbes come to that conclusion about man in the state of nature? On what kinds of evidence does he rely? How does Rousseau come to his conclusion about individuals in the state of nature. On what kind of arguments does he rely? Compare and contrast their imagined states of nature making sure
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Locke‚ and Rousseau each have their own theories as to what the state of nature is; however‚ essentially they are trying to describe the same state of nature. Assuming that there is only one state of nature being described in different ways‚ I will attempt to put together a theory of what the state of nature is actually like based on what Hobbes‚ Locke‚ and Rousseau each has to say about it. Moreover‚ understanding the state of nature is important for figuring out what role it played in the Enlightenment-era
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CRITICISM OF “MIGHT IS RIGHT” BY RAGNAR REDBEARD BY OKOYE FRANKLIN NNAEMEKA PJPS/NAU/010/48 08066129459 NNAMDI AZIKIWE UNIVERSITY‚ AWKA. JUNE 2013 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS TITLE PAGE ---------------------------------------------------------------i CERTIFICATION ----------------------------------------------------------ii APPROVAL -----------------------------------------------------------------iii DEDICATION --------------------------------------------------------------iv ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ------------------------------------------------v
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selfish and have the mindset “everyman for themselves”‚ rather than “everyman for all”. Humans naturally do what is in their best interest first‚ but Hobbes thinks that society should join forces an individual to maintain peace in society. Hobbes states that man is not concerned with humanity‚ they are more concerned with their own self-interest. Humanity as a whole is selfish‚ determined for self‚ and are too enveloped in their own good rather than the good of society. Hobbes believes that in
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Contract‚ Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s key viewpoint is that all men are born free‚ but end up being in chains everywhere in the course of their lives (Rousseau and Cole 2 ). Rousseau argues that modern political states repress the basic freedoms which men possess as their birthright. These political states then lead men into the civil society in which the civil freedoms of men are not secure. Most importantly‚ Rousseau points out that the legitimacy of political authority can only be a product of social that
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1) How does an agent reason about Lock’s options in a single-play dilemma? In the state of nature‚ there are four preferences. The first preference is to attack and not be attacked. The second preference is to not attack and not be attacked. The third preference is to Attack and be attacked. The fourth preference is to not attack and be attacked. 2) Was Bramhall justified in calling Hobbes’ Leviathan a “rebel’s catechism”? Yes. According to Bramhall‚ if everyone where to decide when to
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Thomas Hobbes and John Locke both set out important arguments on the nature of government that continue to influence the way in which we think about the relationship between the governed and the government. Compare and contrast Hobbes’ and Locke’s arguments‚ with specific reference both to their reading of the “state of nature” and the kind of contract that each imagines to exist in the very concept of a governed community. Although each is making claims to a universal understanding of man‚ to what
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dwelling inside a State of Nature and Ware‚ ethics in a sense non-existent. Hobbes refutes the fool‚ carrying the reality of fairness inside a commonwealth. It is the individual’s right as it is recounted in the State of Nature and Subsequently the State of War of which we are all a part‚ as long as we subsist without affirmation on and acknowledgement of a mutual sovereign‚ is therefor habitually called into inquiry while at the identical time identified and supported. Hobbes states “in a status of
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men also agree on the idea that those people in a State of Nature will willingly consent to coming together to form a political society. They also agree on the belief that people would live in fear of each other regardless of their ability to use reason. Human nature allows men to be selfish. All people have the natural right to defend their own life‚ liberty‚ health and property. This fear is what leads many people to come together and form a state so that there would be a central authority to protect
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