1. Hobbes' Argument for a Sovereign State
... tumble. The commonwealth, tainted by yet another illness, could not operate when entities consider their integrity superior above that public duty requires. Again man should not be tolerated to decide for himself what is acceptable behavior. Hobbes defends his statement by stating that a man's conscience and judgement are identical. Within the commonwealth man is subject to the public conscience that should ... commonwealth's regulations. The sovereign could likewise not possibly be held accountable by another, more powerful sovereign and so that sovereign by yet another, until eternity....
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