State of Nature
One can’t help, but agree with Hobbes in his view of humans as naturally aggressive.
An existence in the state of nature, that is a world without police, laws, rules, or regulations would be dreadful indeed to quote Hobbes. It would be a terrible way to live. Life would be uber chaotic, there would be no trust, everyone would be constatntly looking over his or her shoulders constantly. There would be no trust, hence no peaceful or harmonious co-existence.
Moreover, think of all the technological advances we would miss out on. Nobody would devote time, and energy to make our world a better place. Our time would be spent fighting each other for the scarce goods.
The state of nature as discussed in class, would be a state of war between all men and must be avoided at all costs.
Vinay D. said,
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I feel you view the state of nature the same way as I do, life would be stressful to have to live life watching your back every second. You brought up a good point with the lack of technological advances we would miss out on. No one trusting each other would result in no team work and idea’s or theory’s would never come together or be achieved by one man alone especially without the economic resource of human capital