Hobbes also states that people's selfishness and desire for power, causes wars. This maybe be true in certain situations, however, this does not mean that people should relinquish all their rights to the "leviathan". It is human nature to make mistakes, however, punishment should not be an a government that is in complete control and people who have no rights.
He also goes on and says that the only reason government was created was to protect people from themselves and their selfishness, and evil. I only partially agree. The government does a lot to control its people and make sure they are abiding by all rules to make society as good as possible. However, it is also very strong to say that humans have to be protected from their own evil because I do not believe humans are naturally evil.
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If all people are selfish, then won't the people in the government act on behalf of their selfishness? What makes the people in the government so special that they are immune from, in Hobbes view, this inherent selfishness within all of us?
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I completely disagree with Hobbes. Sure, we all have our sides of good, as well as our sides of bad. We can define good and bad in many different ways, some of them can be described as both. No human being is completely bad and no human being is completely good. Yes, parts of us are flaws, but that doesn't mean that the whole of us is flawed. Hobbes is saying that every person does what is best for him, whether it be for the long run or short term. You could argue that any deed done at any time would be for the greater good of the person doing that deed. However this is not always the case. Sure, some people only do good deeds just so that they can put that on a resimae. However, other people do good deeds for the good of those around them. Hobbes seems to have been more flawed than flawless.
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