The state of nature has different meanings to different people, including John Locke (1632-1704) and Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679). They are both the same concept with slightly varying perceptions of it. Locke basically went back to Hobbes' work and disagreed with everything Hobbes said. Locke probably did this so people would like him because some people did not like what Hobbes said because it showed the worst of what will happen. .
Thomas Hobbes "invites us to consider what life would be like in a state of nature, that is, a condition without government" (Lloyd). He basically says that all people are different. He says that the desire for people to preserve their own lives in very strong in most. He says that people are judgmental of others because they do not meet their expectations. He also says that "the life of man is solitary, poor, nasty, brute, and short" (Lloyd). People did not like this because they didn't like to think of life as short or brute, and, as Hobbes says, people often "shun death" (Lloyd). They do not like the thought of their life ending without them fulfilling their goals or life dreams.
John Locke went the opposite route of Thomas Hobbes. Locke's idea of state of nature "exists wherever there is no legitimate political authority able to judge disputes and where people live according to the law of reason" (Tuckness). Locke says that all men are created equal because God made them that way. "He argued that people have rights, such as the right to life, liberty, and property" (Tuckness). "Jefferson paraphrased Locke's ideas in passages of the Declaration of Independence" (Patterson 33). We later see some of Locke's wise words in the Declaration of Independence. .
The points of both ideas of this theory are to explain life in different people's perspectives. Hobbes explains life in a real perspective and Locke explains life from the view that people want to hear.
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Contrary to popular belief I don't believe that legalizing marijuana will decrease all crime rates. ... It's human nature. ... Does any other human right make sense if we don't have sovereignty over our own bodies? There's a word for people who don't have sovereignty over their own bodies: slaves."" ... It's meant to alter your current state -- and that's not a bad thing. ...
In the state of nature, says Rousseau, "man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains" (Book I: I 169). ... Rousseau says that lawful political power does not exist in nature. ... The only legitimate political authority found in nature is that of the authority that a father holds over his child. ... The focus of Rousseau's theory of Sovereignty that offers the most difficulty is his view that, for every State, a Legislator is necessary (Book II: VII). ... This is made clearer by the fact that the legislator is not to exercise legislative power; he is merely to submit his suggestions fo...
