The wrongs and the rights

The wrongs and the rights 

In both of the philosophies of Thomas Hobbes and John Locke they based their views of natural rights of people including life, liberty, and property. During the European Enlightenment period they wanted to improve human conditions on earth rather that past enlightenment thinkers that focused on religion and afterlife. The philosophies of John Locke and Thomas Hobbes had commanalties yet they also contradicted each other. For instance Hobbes felt that a society that lacked a supreme leader would lead to an increase in violence a lack of organization leading to the disruption of overall peace. I agree with this claim because a society with no structure will inevitably lead to anarchy. A leader of some form of structure is needed to enforce justice, On the other hand similar to the English Contract of law : An implied agreement, Hobbes agreed that the people should give up their natural rights to the supreme leader and give “absolute power to the sovereign.” When it comes to this concept I beg to differ, Like Locke think that although a supreme leader is needed they are needed to represent the power of the people not take away the power from the people. Locke once said that the elected should “Govern lightly.” Which makes the most sense, the sovereign does need to not abuse their power which then would not allow them to properly lead the society.