Thomas Hobbes Follow Up 2

I see Madeleine's point, but I have to disagree. When Hobbes says that competition, comparison, reason, speech, free will, and covenant are why us humans cannot coexist such as bees and ants, I don't believe that what he is saying is that these are bad things. I think Hobbes is saying that these six skills are things that humans have been given that other species have not, and therefore come with great responsibility. Many humans could coexist even with these skills, but like Nick said, not all humans are the same. Some could handle this and others could not. Therefore we will always need some sort of set of laws or rules to keep these people, the ones that cannot be responsible, from being reckless or harming themselves or others. I don't believe that Hobbes meant that competition, comparison, reason, speech, free will, and covenant are what keep people from coexisting, but instead he meant that people who are given these and will not use these for the greater good of the society are what keep people from coexisting.