I think that Olivia made a great point. If you say that Hobbes is right in the way he describes a human. Who is to say that if you have a leader with absolute power they are not going to have those natural traits of a human that Hobbes describes? They could just as easily get in quarrels with another nation, which is why I think Hobbes idea of government does not work.
There are a lot of things Hobbes said that I do not agree with. For example, if you take a look at the six reasons Hobbes states for why humans cannot live peacefully in the state of nature many of them can be seen as reasons for why our society is works for the most part and is so advanced as well. Competition can be viewed as the cause of many of our greatest achievements. Competition among us has caused many amazing inventions that make the world the place it is today. Instead of comparison being the reason for disagreements, I see it as the reason for people trying to make themselves a better person. If you compare yourself to someone else you can see your flaws and realize how to fix them. It is true that reason can cause us to think how we can perform better, but how is that a bad thing? We should always be thinking of new was that we can improve our community. None of these make people bad.
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