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Thomas Hobbes Night Watchman

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The question of state involvement in society has long been discussed by philosophers, thinkers and theorists. In this paper, I will argue that governments exist to serve the people, administer justice and security of society but must be limited in their involvement in day to day life. I will prove this by presenting three arguments based off the ideas of influential thinkers before me. My first argument will build off the work of John Locke’s theory that governments are implemented by the people for our convenience to protect our natural rights. I will then show a possible objection to this premise by discussing Thomas Hobbes’ strong sole leader theory. Secondly, I will then utilize Robert Nozick’s theory of a “night watchman” state to argue
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