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This 6 page paper provides an overview of each theorist's ideas about government as well as how each saw the nature of man. The ideas are compared and contrasted. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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different conception of human nature. Hobbes recognizes that although everyone is equal, there will be power struggles. While it is generally thought that the strong will survive, it is quite
possible for a small army to form and rise up against the ruling factions. Locke addresses some of the same concerns but does so in a different way. He
explains: "To understand political power right, and derive it from its original, we must consider, what state all men are naturally in, and that is, a state of perfect freedom
to order their actions, and dispose of their possessions and persons, as they think fit, within the bounds of the law of nature, without asking leave, or depending upon the
will of any other man" (PG). Here the tone leans more towards individualism than Hobbes who, while supporting such notions, does not think that man is capable of living without
conflict. Thus, the notions of Hobbes becomes more authority oriented and less in praise of autonomy. Locke notes that the power of the state should be reciprocal and that
no one should have more than another (Locke PG). He explains: "there being nothing more evident, than that the creatures of the same species and rank, promiscuously born to
all the same advantages of nature, and the use of the same faculties, should also be equal one amongst another without subordination or subjection" (PG). This is an excellent point.
In the animal kingdom, within a species, there is equality. In the entire animal kingdom however there is a food chain and a hierarchy, but no lion is better than
another lion and no amoeba is better than another single celled animal of its type. Simply, all men should be equal. This is a common notion of present American society
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