State of nature by hobbes and locke

                    The state of nature paper 
                            by Justin Winn

          For Hobbes the necessity of an absolute authority, in the form of a Sovereigh followed from the brutality of the state of nature. the state of nature was completely intolerable, and so rational men would be willing, to submit themselves even to absolute authority in order to escape it. according to Locke the state of nature, the natural condition of mankind is a state of perfect and complete to conduct one's life as one best see's fit free from the interference of others. the laws of nature which is on Locke's view the basis of all morality and given to us by God commands that we not harm others with their regards to their "life,health,liberty,or possessions" (par. because we all belong equally to God and because we cannot take away that which is rightfully his,we are prohibited from harming one another. property plays an essential role, in Locke's argument for civil government and the contract that establishes it. so, for example when one tills a piece of land in nature and makes it into a piece of farmland. which produces food then one has claim to own that piece of land and the food produced upon It. because Locke did did not envision the state of nature as, grimly as did Hobbes, he can imagine conditions under which,one would be better off rejecting a particular civil government and returning to the state of nature. It is therefore, both the view of human nature, and the nature of morality itself, which account for the difference between Hobbes and Locke's views of the social contract.

So In this paragraph and story that I told. Hobbes and Locke's have views of how nature and society works the main system what John Locke and Thomas Hobbes have talked about so far is that the government runs Into a state of deciding a state of decision, and that all comes from the government Its self. some people never knew about the government some thought It had been kept under by the Liberty rebels called the son's of liberty. I think In my mind that two men named John Locke and Thomas Hobbes had a key idea for what the government, might look like and they used logic and perception to figure out what people needed for a based government. It took years to figure out what time and money It took to do certain types of projects for running there own independent country or be under the control of Britain. that Is something us American's did not want to deal with so we went out of our ways to tell Britain that,we wanted our freedom and independence and let us want what we want for what we choose to do. but as you look Into what Hobbe's had to say about these current events that happened so, quick that many others thought they were machines or just plain evil but we all know that is not true we were not thinking In a way we do In everyday society.

The state of nature plays key roles In a everyday Citizen's life. like when we want to start working on certain types of projects and work that the u.s government make's us do. I think that It is a good thing that we think about going to work or the work force, it can put us out of debt I know that It might not involve what John Locke had In his theory, but Maybe Thomas had the idea of a better government but no one knows for sure what Locke had In for an idea of a perfect government everyone knows what Hobbe's had for the state of nature and Thomas as well. In some versions of social contract theory, there are no rights in the state of nature, only freedoms, and it is the contract that creates rights and obligations. In other versions the opposite occurs: the contract imposes restrictions upon individuals that curtail their natural rights. the social contract was political contract is a theory or model, originating during the Age of Enlightenment, that typically addresses the questions of the origin of society and the legitimacy of the authority,of the state over the individual. The idea of the social contract is one of the foundations of the American  political system. This is the belief that the state only exists to serve,the will of the people, and they are the source of all political power enjoyed by the state. They can choose to give or withhold this power.
The origin of the term social contract can,be found in the writings of Plato. However, English philosopher Thomas Hobbes expanded on the idea when he wrote in response to the English Civil War. In this book he wrote that in the earliest days there was, no government. Instead, those who were the strongest could take control and use their power at any time over others. Hobbes' theory was that the people mutually agreed to create a state, only giving it enough power to provide, protection of their well-being. However, in Hobbes' theory, once the power was given to the state, the people then relinquished any, right to that power. In effect, that would be the price of the protection they sought.Thus the will of the people as a whole gives power, and direction to the state. John Locke also based his political writings on the idea of the social contract. He stressed the role of the individual. He also believed that revolution was not, just a right but an obligation if the state abused their given power. Obviously these ideas had a huge impact, on the Founding Fathers especially Thomas Jefferson and James Madison.

He need for the Constitution grew out of problems with the Articles of Confederation, which established a "firm league of friendship" between the states, and vested most power in a Congress of the Confederation. This power was, however, extremely limited — the central government conducted diplomacy and made war, set weights and measures, and was the final arbiter of disputes between the states. Crucially, it could not raise any funds itself, and was entirely dependent on the states themselves for the money necessary to operate. Each state sent a delegation of between two and seven members to the Congress, and they voted as a bloc with each state getting one vote. But any decision of consequence required a unanimous vote, which led to a government that was paralyzed and ineffectual. this I have given you an idea what the government Is like I hope you have enjoyed reading this paper about,what John Locke and Thomas Hobbe's thought about a daily based country how they could from It into a powerful, government. this I might read again but It depends If this will be good to read again, anyway enjoy the paper.