Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Hobbes

Hobbes

Hobbes believed "The State of Nature" was the "war of all and all" that the basic human instinct is to rely on oneself. Also known as survival of the fittest. He believed that only by forfeiting our right to govern ourselves as a group and giving total control to a form of government he called "The Leviathan" we would be able to reach sociable peace.

3 comments:

  1. i dunno if everyone can only trust themselves, than sociable peace might not be so peaceful

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  2. The only reason American government is working,is because we believe it's working.

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