Thomas Hobbes

or may not be true. Thomas Hobbes believed that Humans are by nature free also equal in faculties of body and mind and humans are just physical objects and our Human Nature was just like he stated "The natural state of man's life is solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short", according to Hobbes, human beings are essentially selfish, we are not essentially good or ethical people because in Hobbes opinion ethics come with politics and politics are the root of selfishness. Hobbes argued that the essential

changed by humans or nature?” That is to say, is justice universal and never changing? For over two millennia since civilizations have existed, civilizations have conveniently supported their justice system as universal through their religion. Thomas Hobbes will suggest an alternative to this explanation of justice, that justice is not universal among all men, but it takes another element to decide what justice is. This would seem to discount the thought of an universal justice that exists in everyday

had chosen to reside in Athens, by doing so he accepted the terms on the implied contract. In Hobbes 'Leviathan', his social contract view concluded that all individuals, to avoid an anarchic state of nature should give up their individualistic rights to a ruler or rulers in return for safety under the laws imposed by the ruler. Locke in his 'second treatise on civil government' differed slightly from Hobbes, by concluded that individuals in a state of nature would cohere and provide a neutral entity

but also had the ability to give power to the government, and finally it stated that the ideas in this document limited government, individual rights, and popular sovereignty. James Harrington, Jean Jacques Rousseau, Thomas Hobbes, and John Locke wrote this document. Thomas Hobbes and John Locke were both very important men, and both had a tremendous influence on

Thomas Hobbes claims that in a state of nature, people are constantly fighting against each other, and the only way to overcome this is to form a commonwealth. He does this by going over the conditions that describe a state of nature, certain rights that all people have in nature, and the method for transferring these rights, by way of a pledge to a sovereign, whether it to the one person, or a group of people in order to achieve a state of peace. While Hobbes makes a very clear argument, it does

Philosophers like Thomas Hobbes, John Locke and Jean –Jacque Rousseau had been deeply concerned about the Social Contract Theories on the people. The main theories include safety, security, equal rights and have an organised society without any foreign interference. The use of non-violence and war against mankind. Society as a whole was the main priority for all these three philosophers. Both John Locke and Jean-Jacque Rousseau had different views when compared to Thomas Hobbes on Society. Each of

Thomas Hobbes was a divisive figure in his day and remains so up to today. Hobbes’s masterpiece, Leviathan, offended his contemporary thinkers with the implications of his view of human nature and his theology. From this pessimistic view of the natural state of man, Hobbes derives a social contract in order to avoid civil war and violence among men. Hobbes views his work as laying out the moral framework for a stable state. In reality, Hobbes was misconstruing a social contract that greatly benefited

SOCIAL CONTRACT THEORY 1. INTRODUCTION: The social contract theory is one of the oldest theories on the origin of state. This theory came into existence as a reaction against the divine origin theory. The term ‘social’ is something which is connected with the society, while ‘contract’ means an agreement between two or more people. Thus a term of political theory, ‘social contract’ implies an agreement that makes society possible .this theory holds that the state is the voluntary and deliberate agreement

theorists, Thomas Hobbes and John Locke whose theories were foundational in the Founding Fathers establishment of the United States. The theory chiefly focuses on the need for some type of regulating body over the affairs of mankind due to the nature of unregulated human behavior. It also focuses on and explains a different means by which the legitimacy of the State is gained, a theory that differed from monarchical legitimacy and is based on a contractual agreement. Hobbes’ theory of

economic improvement and political reform and believed both were possible. Rulers who believed in enlightened absolutism wanted to centralize their authority to reform their countries. They put the wellbeing of their country above anything else. Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, and Jean Jacques Rousseau were all philosophers during the Enlightenment, and they had different but interesting ways of thinking about government, human nature, and rights. Rousseau’s views and ideas were the best and most intelligent