Hobbes, Thomas Hobbes

I'm Thomas Hobbes, an English philosopher and I know all about human nature.

Me

As Machiavelli said, "Men are fickle, hypocritical and greedy of gain. And he is right. Human nature is a parallel to the phrase "Every man for himself!". In a state of nature--a blank world with no morals, rules or customs--humans would go into complete self preservation mode. Our only natural right is to protect ourselves by any means, even if it means using violence and slaughter. I believe that humans would stoop that low if it would ensure their survival. If two people were stranded on an island, there wouldn't be enough food for the both of them. Scarcity is everywhere, and that is what that challenger, John Locke, is wrong. He believes that there is always abundance. He would think that five bananas on that lowly island would be an abundance of food for those two unfortunate humans to live on. FIVE BLOODY BANANAS!!! That man clearly has issues. Five bananas is a scarcity...those two humans will die--unless those people split those bananas up. But, think about it, will those two really agree to equally split those bananas up evenly?  No they won't. They won't sleep or stray away from the bananas in fear that the other would take them. Think about it. And so, the only way to fairly split up those bananas is to bring in a third party (now, if you are stranded on an island this task will most likely be impossible to accomplish). When a third party is introduced they would hold the power. This would be helpful for those people and their bananas, but it could be extremely dangerous when the 3rd party (lets call them a sovereign) realizes their power. They will abuse their newly found power of keeping the fruit that the two humans are trusting them and will use them to their advantage. This is the social contract of human nature. 

Take William Golding's Lord of the Flies for example. This is a perfect aspect and example of my view on human nature (they are even stranded on an island!). When Jack and his crew killed a pig, he fed it to only his hunters because they were "the only ones who did anything".There were less kids in the hunting group than on the whole island and therefore by just sharing it to the hunters, there would be more for the hunters then there would be if they shared with everyone. Jack showed that he would be rather be mean towards the others and keep the food to himself and his close friends in order for him to survive. Survival is the number one motivation that keeps humans living. Everything people do is for them selves. As Gloria Gaynor sings, "I know I will stay alive/I've got all my life to live/ I've got all my love to give/ and I'll survive/ I will survive!" 

She's a superstar and she's not afraid to sing what she knows

 A lot of celebrities do community service now days. I refuse to believe that they are actually for doing good. They have enough money, they should just donate secretly or something if they really want to help. People such as Justin Timberlake, Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts and Taylor Swift (and a lot more) helped Haiti this past year after a horrible earthquake struck Haiti. But can you honestly believe they were doing that for themselves? I can't. They are doing it just for their image and to look caring for the press. But, please, come on...do you really think that Taylor Swift is going to actually go down there and help, which would mean ingesting dust and debris? Uhh, no. She wouldn't because it might hurt her throat and therefore completely wreck her career. But hey, at least she looked good. 

It's human nature to be selfish. Everyone's selfish and only out for the benefits for themselves. Don't deny it, in some form you are. And in some form I am too.