Thomas Hobbes and natural law?

Question: Thomas Hobbes and natural law!?

what is thomas Hobbes philosophy on natural law!?Www@QuestionHome@Com

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This is a very simple question with a very VERY complicated answer!. Try looking here
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as well as here
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As used by Thomas Hobbes in his treatises Leviathan and De Cive, natural law is "a precept, or general rule, found out by reason, by which a man is forbidden to do that which is destructive of his life, or takes away the means of preserving the same; and to omit that by which he thinks it may best be preserved!."

For a fuller understanding, try looking for copies of Hobbes's treatises "Leviathan" and "De Cive" at your local or school library!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

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http://www!.iep!.utm!.edu/h/hobmoral!.htm

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