After reading both Hobbes and Benedict’s theories on government, rules, man’s nature and culture I believe I can comment on both and tie the two together for this weeks blog.
Both authors seem to believe that man’s nature is what forms our society today, because Hobbes writes that if it weren’t for government and society rules then we would have a world without order. A world full of disorder. Benedict touches on the subject that man is formed by his or her culture…..
I believe both Hobbes and Benedict make good points, it is in man’s nature to need rules and discipline to keep him in order and culture does play a big role in that; but no matter who you are and what up -bringing you have had, at the end of the day you and you alone decide your behavior and your behavior decides your life.
Every step we take and every decision we make dictates the life we will have and live, both Hobbes and Benedict touch on subjects that man kind has always explored and have always questioned, but at the end of all analysis it all comes down to individual mind set which we all have no matter what culture you are and no matter what government rules; at the end of it all, the individual is the one who decides what path he or she will take.
