... essentially egoists. We look out for our own interests only, and we are driven by competition, diffidence, and glory. Nature, Hobbes tells us, "should thus dissociate and render men apt to invade and destroy one another." We are not naturally altruistic, on Hobbes account. Instead, it is only the desire to live which drives us, and only the fear of death which will persuade us to cooperate with ... others. The trouble is, if life is a race as Hobbes describes, how ... a great deal of grief, in keeping company where there is no power able to overawe them all." There could be no industry...

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... is no central power to control their actions. They expect others to respect them as much as they value themselves. And if others don't, They use force and harming them. This is done to set an example for others. Three principle causes for quarrels amongst men are: competition fear glory The first makes men invade to gain something, the second because of fear, the third for reputation ... . In all cases the invasion is violent in nature. It is clear that when there is no central power there is a war of ... every men against every man. For war is not only the act of fighting in the battle...

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... of Hobbes" nature of man is a natural cause of war when two humans desire the same property, he attributes this conflict to the unconscious and limited means of human desire. He goes on to conclude that although people may differ in the strengths and weakness (i.e. physical, intellectual, etc) of their natural power, all people are created equal. He states that conflict is inevitable because ... the weakest in society is, by some possible means, able to kill the strongest. He attributes the tendency to fight in the nature of man to three main causes. The first cause is competition, which...

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... life in a society without government would be definitely be nasty. Brutish The primary goal of government is the protection of the public from physical harm and conquest. Hobbes says of human nature, "So that in the nature of man we find three principal causes of quarrel. First, competition; secondly, diffidence; thirdly, glory."(Hobbes: Para 06). In this nature of man, without government, these ... goals are achieved by physical force or coercion based on the threat of physical violence. "The first use violence, to make themselves masters of other men's persons, wives, children, and ca...

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