Answer to Question #202250 in Political Science for sarika somani

Question

Among the social contractualists (Hobbes, Locke and Rousseau), who's state of nature do you find most persuasive to describe the modern state as it exists today?

Answer 1

I find Locke’s state of nature to be the most persuasive to define the modern state as it currently exists because it establishes the view that the government exists to conserve and safeguard the natural rights of its citizens. The law of nature, according to Locke, governs the condition of nature, in which persons and their property are not always in danger.