I would have to disagree with some areas of the blog post's below with regards to the thoughts on Leviathan. I understand that there is a resemblance to a dictator in a Leviathan government, but if you look back at history, very few countries if any, have had a Civil War under a dictator. A Leviathan government is clearly not the best choice for government but for Thomas Hobbs it was, and at that time, might have prevented England's Civil War. I agree with the 6 reasons that humans can't live peacefully, especially the part on competition. As discussed in class today we are always competing and there is virtually no way to stop competition, and as long as there is competition there will always be people fighting for position.
I also disagree with Nick's answer to John's question about "would there be a better solution than a Leviathan? ". I don't think it would be good if we had no laws like Nick suggested because presuming that every human being is good, in my opinion is not true. I agree with Peter that a better government would be a democracy and especially the system we have in America,because after the Civil War we made it almost impossible for there to be another Civil War in this country.
A question to the group is if Thomas Hobbs wrote this article before the Civil War would he still have the same opinion?
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