2007-11-10 14:29:36 · 2 answers · asked by Tland 3 in Social Science ➔ Other - Social Science
Leviathan (1651) was clearly Hobbes's masterpiece. Man is not naturally good, Hobbes claimed, but naturally a selfish hedonist -- "of the voluntary acts of every man, the object is some good to himself". As human motives were, in their natural state, guided by unenlightened self-interest, these could, if left unchecked, have highly destructive consequences. Left unrestrained, humans, propelled by their internal dynamics, would crash against each other. Hobbes tried to envision what society would be like in a "state of nature" -- before any civil state or rule of law. His conclusion was despiriting: life would be "solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short", a "war of every man against every man".
2007-11-14 11:13:40 · answer #1 · answered by Prof. Cochise 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No discrimination, where everybody has true freedom to choose.
2007-11-14 06:10:53 · answer #2 · answered by victor 7707 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋