Based on the assigned segment of Thomas Hobbes's Leviathan, I find it to contrast very sharply with my own perception of humanity and our motivations. I consider his conclusions to be both ignorant and ill-informed (ironic, given that I have only read a single segment of his works…), at least as far as human nature is concerned. Hobbes argues that in the "state of nature" there are no laws and as such the concept of justice and injustice is void, because there are no laws to violate or to apply. Which, in the most basic, factual and literary sense, is true. But in terms of application, I don't believe this theory has much merit. Hobbes' basis for the state of nature is that in such a state there is no authority, and without authority there are no laws. That being said, Hobbes proposes the “laws of nature”. These laws correspond, according to him, to what men would naturally do in such a situation. The laws basically state that all men desire peace, but they will also invade for gain, then safety, then reputation. For me, the theory of the state of nature and justice / injustice is not...