Plato and Hobbes

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Plato versus Hobbes

The issue of moral responsibility is fundamental to the philosophy of Plato 's Apology ' and Hobbes Leviathan . Though there are many known philosophers in the world , these two stands out whenever there are talks about morality and ultimate reality

Thomas Hobbes was an English philosopher who was accounted by his views on political philosophy . He was the one who pioneered on illustrating the transition from medieval to modern thinking . He supplemented ideas to different fields like history , geometry , physics of gases

, theology ethics , and many more . Hobbes philosophy on morality is based on senses as the extreme reality of humans . Our senses are the ones that dictate to us the wants and needs of our body . For that reason , he relied on the senses as the ruler of our actions . It tells whether another person is an enemy , can respond to external stimuli , and can be a reason for a man 's desires . Desire , however , is another story . He considered desire as a powerful force for it can nearly dominate one 's way of thinking . If these desires are satisfied , pleasure is obtained . If not , there is aversion , which he regarded as evil . Pleasure , as he believed , is the meaning of truth for it is beneficial to us . By this , Hobbes was able to conclude that man is evil by nature for he acts according to his desires . For sometimes , desire can cause a man to hurt another human being just to obtain...