Humanities Homework Help

Read Chapter 18 (pp. 404-427).  

John Locke, like Thomas Hobbes, speaks of the “state of nature”. Locke’s description, however, differs in many respect from that of Hobbes.  Imagine these two philosophers had lunch together, and that each was trying to persuade the other that his own view was the correct one.  Write a story about this imaginary discussion. 

Be sure to include the account each gives for why people in a state of nature benefit from leaving it behind.