Thomas Hobbes and John Locke are two political philosophers; their theories were about the formation of the society and discussing the men in his natural state. Even though they both believed that men naturally have to some extent equality and freedom, what makes their concepts differ is the presence or absence of the natural law. While Hobbes’ position is confined on the importance of security and that the government needs to have the power to

take any necessary step to maintain peace and to avoid war and conflict, Locke’s position is comprehensive on the right of liberty and that the government’s role and purpose is to conserve and to accord the liberty and freedom of every individual.

The natural rights, for instance freedom of speech, proprietary rights, etc, are God-given rights that people have since they are born. Therefore, the reason for why people enter the society is to get their natural rights protected. As John Locke says in his work, the state of nature of the men is the state of the freedom to made any action and order their possessions in what ever way they like and want it to be and that freedom should not be intervened by any other person. According to Locke, the state of nature lacks impartial judges, precise laws and sufficient power to uphold moral laws, protecting people and their natural rights. Thus, a democratic government is needed, so that the elected government can only rule by consent with the ruled people and there is no need that the government should have total power over the people. The government is formed with the basic purpose to serve the rights of the common good of the people, that is to protect the rights of the subjects and to represent the will of the majority. John Locke states that people have the right to disobey the ruler’s order or regulations if illegal actions are mad towards their freedom and independence and they can change the ruler by establishing new legislation for their safety and security. The theory of John Locke seems to be more reasonable, because people do tend to act freely (let’s take the will of people to get promotion at work and do the job independently) and think that they are free from any other person.

his liberty, so that a Lockean position would be more adequate.

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