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Does Hobbes Sovereign or Locke's civil government provide better protection for the citizen?
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Student Number: 020544162 26-11-2003 Does Hobbes Sovereign or Locke's civil government provide better protection for the citizen? Both Thomas Hobbes and John Locke were political philosophers of the seventeenth century, and their works 'Leviathan' and 'the second treatise of government' were written at a time of great political turmoil. Hobbes and Locke both used the 'state of nature' to demonstrate the temperament of mankind as the start of their texts. After describing the state of nature they were able to interpret core problems within politics to provide better protection for their citizens. Hobbes tries to demonstrate this through an absolute sovereign whereas Locke adopts a civil government. The state of nature is the starting point for both texts and is therefore an ideal place to start to critically analyse, which text provides the best protection for its citizens. The state of nature for Locke is a state of perfect freedom, however...
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