Pre-Mid Term

The human race is at a consist struggle of trying to make their lives as best as possible. This means that every single person born on this earth places their own lives and needs over everyone else. Hobbes is one philosopher who argues to this very point. He say that this is the nature of men and no matter what else is being done to the world our actions always are based off of our own self worth.

This quote from Thomas Hobbes talks about two main things. First it talks about how most actions that men take out weather they are positive actions or negative actions, men have the liberty to do those actions. The second things Hobbes discusses is that all actions that men take are based off of the necessity of something. Hobbes is saying that every action men take no matter what it is that action somehow is based off of some need of that individual. So this means that men are born with the liberty to do whatever is best for their own needs.

The statement that all of men's actions are based off of some sort of necessity is something that I strongly believe in. I think that every action we take as humans we take as a way to somehow fulfill this need. Whether it is a kind of physical need, like to stay healthy or a mental need to do what makes you happy. This then in turn means that people's needs will collide. To me this struggle of needs verses needs is the reason why all conflicts ever start. This is shown through Native Americans fighting for their own need, and the colonists need for more land and more money. In the end however both sides can be justified as being right in their actions because like Hobbes also says all men have their own Liberty.

This issue of liberty is also a major factor in all issues of mankind. Hobbes himself argues that all men have liberties that they are born with and no matter what laws are in place people still will act on their liberties as men. To me this statement means that the world will always resort back to some sort of chaos. By going back to what Hobbes says about all men are born with liberty and those liberties are to act on their own needs chaos is the only possible thing that could happen. This is because even when men make some sort of government like a Common-wealth they will only follow those laws as long as they fulfill their current needs. The second those laws are no longer helping them out they will disobey them and once again act for themselves. This is why in the end all governments will fail and also why the world will always be plunged back into the state of chaos.

As grim as this situation sounds according to Hobbes this is the end result of everything. I myself agree with Hobbes on this point a little but also hope that it is also somewhat false. I simply hope that man-kind will someday learn from there mistake and in the end hopefully will evolve into a less selfish race.

This sucked. It is almost impossible for me to organize my thoughts in only 1 hour without me going on random tangents that only make sence to me. But whatever.