1. Locke and Hobbes
Hobbes furthers his arguments with his Laws of Nature (Hobbes, Leviathan 103 v/s 122), which are general rules that are exposed to humans through rational analysis and are acknowledged to all because it can be realized through rationale and philosophy. ... A Law of Nature (Hobbes, Leviathan 103 v/s 122) is valid only when it corresponds to this general rule: "Do not that to another, which thou wouldest not have done to thyself." ... The subject then has many choices including leaving the Commonwealth (Hobbes, Leviathan 132) or obeying the sovereign's rule. Hobbes concludes that if a s...
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