Posted: December 4th, 2014

Hobbes's Leviathan

Hobbes’s Leviathan

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Answer the following questions:

Discuss and explain Hobbes’ account of “the state of nature” and the formation of society as presented in Chapters 13 and 14 of Leviathan. What is “the state of nature” and what is it designed to show us? Why is life in the state of nature “solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short” according to Hobbes? (p.77). How does our natural equality lead to a war of all against all in the state of nature? Why is no one safe in the state of nature? Why is the state of nature a state of perpetual fear according to Hobbes? What is a natural right according to Hobbes? What is your natural right in the state of nature? What would you do if we entered into a Hobbesian ‘state of nature’ right now? Would you do anything and everything possible to preserve your own life? Would you kill any other person just to survive? Would “right” and “wrong” be meaningful terms in this situation? Do you think that there is a code of ethics, or higher moral law, that applies even in the state of nature? How do we escape from the state of nature according to Hobbes? What is a natural law according to Hobbes? How does a natural law differ from a natural right? What is the social contract and how is it formed? How does one transfer a natural right and what does this entail? What is the ultimate purpose of government according to Hobbes? Can Hobbes’ vision of the state of nature prove anything about human nature given Rousseau’s criticisms? How might Hobbes have responded to these criticisms? Use direct references to the text. PS. Please do not write so ‘deep’, my professor will doubt

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