Philosophy

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The main issue that I have found interesting when assessing Hobbes is his assertion that any political authority should be considered as being artificial and that the natural condition of human being is one where they do not have a government. In supporting his assertion, he argues that the people in the state of nature are equal and have the right to as they wish, an attribute that leads to conflict for the three core reasons for glory, distrust, and competition. Closer assessment of the argument by Hobbes leads to a conclusion that it is applicable in the contemporary world. Although we do not live in the state of nature of are equal, it is evident that the core issues that dictate our deeds are distrust, competition, and glory (Melchert, 2014). The interesting part is that although a long time has passed and numerous issues come into play to discredit Hobbes, most of the acts by human beings in the contemporary society are driven by the same elements that Hobbes asserted.
Hobbes address on the moral philosophy via the use of the mechanistic and materialistic psychology whereby he argues that people’s mental endeavors are driven by two elements that revolve around the aversions and appetites. The appetites revolve around the endeavors that make an individual top seek out a certain object, while the aversion, on the other hand, is the endeavor that makes an individual to avoid a certain object (Melchert, 2014). The assertion by Hobbes is the true nature of things and behavior by human being whereby we always seek pleasure and at the same time doing all that is possible to avoid any resemblance of pain.

Reference
Book: Melchert, Norman. (2014). The Great Conversation. Oxford University Press.