-English- Practice Midterm

The main issue presented in the passage by Thomas Hobbes is this; Anything a person does within a common-wealth is something they most likely do out of fear for the law. And every action they take for the law, is something that they have the right and liberty to neglect having to accomplish. Hobbes also describes how anything someone does, is an act of will and desire stemming from another act, creating a continuous chain where they will act out of necessity.

I think that in simpler terms what Hobbes is describing is that anyone has a right to act of their own will and necessity, if the law permits it. But, what he is also saying is that any person has the freedom to go about changing the law, so technically, the person did not have to do the task they did in fear of the law in the first place. I believe the authors point of view is that fear and rights are similar, and rights and necessity are similar.

From my own perspective, I feel that because someone is in fear of the law, they fail to change it, even thought they have proper rights to at least attempt to do so. So in a sense, this is in agreement with Hobbes. I have observed throughout my lifetime, people acting out of necessity after a continuous chain of other events, causes, and happenings in order to change laws and face other important issues that may need attention.

All in all, Thomas Hobes and myself have similar views on society, and the actions taken by minions of the law. Many people take actions towards specific things because they fear the law, and what will happen to them if they do not accomplish a certain task. And although many have slight power to reconstruct some areas of the law, few actually intervene and try to undertake the challenge. Eventually, a person or people will act and change something about the law that they find troublesome, becasue in the end, it all comes down to human necessity, and sometimes we need a little change in the way things are conducted.