Based on the assigned segment of Thomas Hobbes' Leviathan, I find it to be in stark contrast to my perception of humanity and our motivations. I consider his conclusions ignorant and uninformed (ironic, considering I have only read a segment of his works…) at least as far as human nature is concerned. Hobbes argues that in a "state of nature" there are no laws and as such the concept of justice and injustice is null, because there is no law to violate or impose. Which, in the most basic factual and literary sense, is true. But in application, I don't think the 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 said, Hobbes proposes the “laws of nature”. These laws are what he believes are what men would naturally do in such a situation. The laws essentially state that all men desire peace, but will also invade for gain, then security, then reputation. For me the theory of the state of nature and justice/injustice is not...