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Hobbes’s Argument
We all want to live as well as possible; but in order to flourish, we need a peaceful, cooperative social order. And we cannot have one without rules.
The Prisoner’s Dilemma
(a) You could be selfish while other people are benevolent;
(b) others could be selfish while you are benevolent;
(c) everyone could be selfish; and
(d) everyone could be benevolent.
State of nature
Survival of the fittest
Social contract
People must agree on rules to govern their interactions. They must agree, for example, not to harm one another and not to break their promises.
Supererogatory
Above and beyond the call of duty
Agree
People have do to what to be governed
Political and moral theory
Social Contract theory falls under both of these theories
God
According to Hobbes morality doesn’t come from
Note 
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