Hobbes was aware that some people may not be persuaded by his pessimistic assessment of what human beings are like and of what life would be like in the state of nature. In order to try and persuade a skeptic that his account is correct, Hobbes offers several considerations on behalf of his position. Which of the following considerations is NOT offered by Hobbes for thinking that his account of human nature is correct?
A.) Only through the natural selection of competitive and aggressive tendencies to behavior could human beings have survived for as long as they have.
B.) The relationship between nations is just like the relationship Hobbes describes between individual men in the state of nature because there is no power to over-awe each nation.
C.) Places in the world today that have no state are currently like the state of nature described by Hobbes.
D.) We all lock our doors, which shows that even in society we do not fully trust one another.
Hobbes was aware that some people may not be persuaded by his pessimistic assessment of what human beings are like and of what life would be like in the state of nature. In order to try and persuade a skeptic that his account is correct, Hobbes offers several considerations on behalf of his position. Which of the following considerations is NOT offered by Hobbes for thinking that his account of human nature is correct?
ANSWER- A.) Only through the natural selection of competitive and aggressive tendencies to behavior could human beings have survived for as long as they have.
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