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Comparing Thomas Hobbes And John Locke's View Of Human Nature

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When looking in the mirror, the reflection is not of either one extreme or the other, but rather in the middle. My view is neither for both Hobbes’ and Locke’s belief of human nature but rather a little of both. Thomas Hobbes believed that man was evil and that man was born with a need for power. Contrary to Hobbes’ beliefs, were John Locke’s, who believed that mann was born good. Locke also believed that man was born free with three natural rights which were: life, liberty, and property. I agree with Locke that man was born good, because as a christian I know that that God is perfect and he created humans in his likeness; a perfect being could not create something imperfect. When humans were placed on the earth, they made bad decisions, in
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