... .). Hobbes states at there are two types of natural obligation (Ch.15 VII.). The first is where liberty is taken away by force which can be attributed to the obligation to preserve oneself. In order to avoid the death blow, one simply yields at that instant without thought to the demand. The other is by hope or fear. Man's obligation to God is described as this ... some contract, we give up all but the part of our natural right that allows us to avoid death and physical injury. The rest of the natural right is transferred to the agreed person or assembly of people and they alone can act ...

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... no faith in anything, and his distrust of democracy actually had a point. I think that he is wrong in his decisions and had very big weird ideas. First, Hobbes believed that all people did something for a reason. No matter if it was good or bad, he figured there was some kind of evil behind every action ... made by a person. He figured that every action made by humans were for themselves and not for anyone else. This was because he thought people would make any decision just ... out of their own good will. Instead of everybody having a good side and an evil side, Hobbes figured that eve...

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... come full circle and benefits them in a way. A theory that Hobbes had, that I believe was pretty big, was that a person living in a world with moral rules is better off then a person living in a world without them. I did not understand what he meant but I do understand now. Hobbes was trying to say that ... determine what loyalty they have to another. Hobbes also said "that no man should give up self-assertion". Hobbes was a confusing person to try and understand but the more and more you read what he stood for, you realized that what he was trying to state. He meant that when you ... H...

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... ; and to omit that by which he thinks it may be best preserved."(3) Hobbes believes that for all humans self preservation peace is needed, and becomes the first law of nature. The second law of nature is a contract between two or more humans. Humans will agree to give up their rights only if others will give up those same rights. An example ... would be person A will give up their right to kill person B as long as agreed (contract) not to kill person A. The two are by a contract are duty-bound not to kill one another. In order for humans to keep their contact between one ... another Hob...

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... 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 causes humans to invade for the benefit (and create violence) of other property. The second cause is the safety or diffidence of their property. The third cause is for the glory that they wish to receive, the benefit to their reputation agmost their ... to this contract, which is only valid if all agree to it. The contract upholds the ideal of self-preservation, by having all participants agree to give up the right to kill one a...

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... and new way of thinking, which appeared at that period. Modern thinkers rejected classical philosophy as unrealistic, cosmological. Machiavelly was the thinker who influenced on many thinkers and suggested an idea that classical philosophy unrealistic. He is the first thinker who moved away from the classics and reformation thinkers and came to "modern solution" using critics and more modern, rational, empirical methods, criticized religion ... rights, and it will not cause such an aggressive competitive and angry environment. In Locke's state of nature the man act, motivate in terms of...

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... with Hobbes" form of civil government would make for a greater society. The Function of Civil Government as Argued by Locke The first thing Locke does is to distinguish between legitimate civil government and illegitimate civil government. The sole purpose of a legitimate civil government is to preserve, as much as possible, the rights to life, liberty, health, and property of its citizens and ... legitimate government is the transfer of power from individuals to a sovereign to enforce the laws of nature. Political Power has an inherent right to kill in order to preserve the rights of i...

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... His, not one another's pleasure.". (Locke p.9-10) What I feel Locke is trying to express is the idea that God is the only one, other then that person himself, who can do any harm to that person. Meaning that you have a natural freedom to be free and nobody has the right to harm your life, health, liberty, or possessions. Therefore when you give up these rights ... to the government you do so with the believe that the government will be given these rights to you ... background to his reasoning. Rousseau feels that "according to natural order, on the other hand, these different wills bec...

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... 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 cattle; the second, to defend them; the third, for trifles."(Hobbes: Para 07). Hobbes finally defines the role of government in preventing the man on man coerc...

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