... principles of Christianity because "When, therefore, man lives according to man, not according to God, he is like the devil" (14-4). However, Augustine claims also that if a state is being oppressed by an evil government, it is actually a good thing because, "For to the just all the evils imposed on them by unjust rulers are not the punishment of crime, but the ... they fear God is always watching and the people feel they must be diligent. Hobbes would have agreed with Machiavelli when in the Discourses he said, "any country never was united or happy, except when it gave its obedience e...

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... ) to protect people and natural rights. As has been noted, Locke in his theory shows that the natural rights exist already in state of nature.. This rights are not derived by the government regulations and also exist independent from the sovereign. 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 is ... back as a self-defense. Following this, the mai...

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... understand how the contrasting views adopted by Hobbes and Locke in relation to how the "state of nature" is reflected in the state, the various factors surrounding each theory need to be examined. Hobbes believes that people surrender their natural rights and submit to the absolute authority of a sovereign, who attained power through the collective submission of the people. Preservation of mankind is ... was the people that could reclaim power if unfair control was seized or is established. Locke's political view was revolutionary as it illustrated a stable government conscience of the...

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... known as his "social contract theory". With this theory in mind, Hobbes concluded that we as a people should submit to and abide by a sovereign power with absolute authority. His theories and philosophies are conveyed in his major political writings such as "The Elements of Law, Natural and Politic" ... sought out to simultaneously maintain peace and political obedience among the population. To conquer his quest for a great political system Hobbes considered a peaceful state without government where the individual decides how to act and how to carry out disputes that may arise. "The condi...

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