%0 Book
%A Thomas Hühne
%D 2013
%C München, Germany
%I GRIN Verlag
%@ 9783656371953
%T “The state of nature” in John Locke, Thomas Hobbes and Jean-Jacques Rousseau
%B A critical analysis and comparison in consideration of their social and historical background
%R 10.3239/9783656371953
%U https://www.hausarbeiten.de/document/209611
%X This paper discusses the basis of the theories of Locke, Hobbes and Rousseau – the state of nature, which is used by all three of them as a methodical entity to create their social contract theories . I will first introduce each philosopher and the political context he lived in as well as the different states of nature on which the philosophers based their theories on. I will then compare the states with each other and point out relations and dissimilarities. In my conclusion I will come back to the hypothesis that the three different states have dissimilar intentions and aim towards different governmental systems. 
%K john, locke, thomas, hobbes, jean-jacques, rousseau
%G English