Sunday, April 6, 2008

Anarchist

People are just humans who struggle with the inner natural instincts; some do a better job of obtaining a balance between selfishness and goodness. Therefore I would have to agree with Locke who argues that government is legitimate as long as it restricts itself to protecting our natural rights. These natural rights are what differentiate us from other animals and they should be protected regardless of the authority given to government. It would be unfair to group everyone as selfish as Hobbes does and that we are all in need of strict rules to keep us in line. Not all rules that we live by are fair to human development such is the case in most communist societies where individuals are limited to do certain things just to satisfy the governments selfish needs of power and greed. So why should people live under rulers who need help restricting their own selfish needs.

1 comment:

Professor Roger said...

it sounds like you are more sympathetic to Locke here. The idea of an independent moral authority in nature is important for his view.