1. State Of Nature Of 1500 - 1900 Century Philosphers
First, Thomas Hobbes identified that humans were in continual war with "every man, against every man". ... Also, natural law obligated that "no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty or possessions". 3 The state formed by the social contract was guided by the natural laws, which guaranteed those inalienable rights. ... Locke gave us a theory of natural law; a natural right which he used to separate between true and false civil government, and to argue for the right to revolt against authoritarian government... His humanist perspective was put so well in rhyme making mankind pu...
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