Summary:
This paper address "the fool's" objection to Hobbes' theory of the importance of establishing a social contract, and therefore a political society. Then provides Hobbes' response.
In order for Hobbes to promote the necessity of a governing sovereign, it is paramount that he dismisses any objection against his argument. During his argument, Hobbes introduces a sceptic view of his third law of nature. If Hobbes is unable to dismiss this view, his third law of nature will not stand, and conversely his argument will fall. I argue that although Hobbes is unable to sufficiently dismiss the sceptic's challenge in its entirety, Hobbes is able to defend his third law of nature, and therefore maintain the necessity of a governing sovereign. In order to prove this, I will first outline and elaborate the significance of Hobbes' third law of nature. Then I will illustrate the challenge posed against Hobbes third law of nature, followed by Hobbes' four responses, which I label as scenarios.....
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