As I imagine myself living during the time of the primitive man, I might ask myself does the primitive man or our ancestors ask theirselves what is the purpose why they live. What is the purpose of their existence? Having the mind of the primitive I, strongly, believe that their only desire is for survival. The drive force of their lives why they continue existing is to survive whatever it takes.
For Hobbes the state of nature of man before are equally the same. There is no such word as distinctions and ranks before, all are equally. Hobbes further discusses that equality means a man is capable of hurting each other with a thought in mind that they need to survive. We might equate man here as a selfish being but actually that is their way of in order to survive. As far as of now this kind of attitude continually exists in the rank of both poor and rich, there is always selfish desire against another. And for Hobbes, this equality also means a war against all. Every man draws the meaning of good and evil according to their drive to survive. This can also be mean that a man is egocentric. Egocentric means the I give the meaning to an object in relation to others. Once the object will do well for the I, it will be considered as good and vice versa. A person will be attracted to what he think will help him to survive and hate and withdraw to what he think as a treat for his survival.
Moreover Hobbes added that there is also in the state of nature of a man that they know about the natural law which is, of course, a drive to survival yet this natural law "is a precepts or general rule, found out by reason" that aims to people's safety. Because of this natural law people interacts to another and by this the social contract theory was originated. The first law of nature, "man is ought to seek peace and follow it". In order to seek peace we must first interact to other human beings. Peace is impossible if people before do not interact to one another. War to all will always prevail. But because one characteristic in order to survive is to see peace people interact. And the second law of nature, "a man be willing, when others are so too, as far forth as for peace, and defense of himself, and defense of himself he shall think it necessary, to lay down his right to all things; and be contented with so much liberty against other men, as he would allow other men against himself."
People, in order to survive, seek for peace and this seeking for peace is to interact to other people. By this interaction both parties engage into a contract, where both of them should agree in relation for the peace and for their survival. This is why the need of a leader is essential in both parties because the leader will be the one who will judge them.
Social contract theory is one way for the people to avoid the state of nature and enter into a new realm in which agreement between people was made. And as result of this agreement people should choose a leader someone who is also like them yet someone who is capable of this position. The position of a leader becomes only possible because of the contract between people and their expectations that someone will rule over them and surrender their self to the leader yet in return a leader must do what people agreed before a leader was chosen.
At the end the leader, in order to maintain the contract, should act as absolute in his order in maintaining the order, peace and the law which they have agreed beforehand. By state of nature, people wanted to survive by doing "good" but through the natural law people survive through peace which was a result of the contract between people.
For Hobbes the state of nature of man before are equally the same. There is no such word as distinctions and ranks before, all are equally. Hobbes further discusses that equality means a man is capable of hurting each other with a thought in mind that they need to survive. We might equate man here as a selfish being but actually that is their way of in order to survive. As far as of now this kind of attitude continually exists in the rank of both poor and rich, there is always selfish desire against another. And for Hobbes, this equality also means a war against all. Every man draws the meaning of good and evil according to their drive to survive. This can also be mean that a man is egocentric. Egocentric means the I give the meaning to an object in relation to others. Once the object will do well for the I, it will be considered as good and vice versa. A person will be attracted to what he think will help him to survive and hate and withdraw to what he think as a treat for his survival.
Moreover Hobbes added that there is also in the state of nature of a man that they know about the natural law which is, of course, a drive to survival yet this natural law "is a precepts or general rule, found out by reason" that aims to people's safety. Because of this natural law people interacts to another and by this the social contract theory was originated. The first law of nature, "man is ought to seek peace and follow it". In order to seek peace we must first interact to other human beings. Peace is impossible if people before do not interact to one another. War to all will always prevail. But because one characteristic in order to survive is to see peace people interact. And the second law of nature, "a man be willing, when others are so too, as far forth as for peace, and defense of himself, and defense of himself he shall think it necessary, to lay down his right to all things; and be contented with so much liberty against other men, as he would allow other men against himself."
People, in order to survive, seek for peace and this seeking for peace is to interact to other people. By this interaction both parties engage into a contract, where both of them should agree in relation for the peace and for their survival. This is why the need of a leader is essential in both parties because the leader will be the one who will judge them.
Social contract theory is one way for the people to avoid the state of nature and enter into a new realm in which agreement between people was made. And as result of this agreement people should choose a leader someone who is also like them yet someone who is capable of this position. The position of a leader becomes only possible because of the contract between people and their expectations that someone will rule over them and surrender their self to the leader yet in return a leader must do what people agreed before a leader was chosen.
At the end the leader, in order to maintain the contract, should act as absolute in his order in maintaining the order, peace and the law which they have agreed beforehand. By state of nature, people wanted to survive by doing "good" but through the natural law people survive through peace which was a result of the contract between people.
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