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August 17, 2026, 11:31:50 PM
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If there are people living like that then they should examine the way the animals live their life. They have no guarantee for justice when a follow animal bully them or even deny them off what is genuinely theirs. Animal kill animal and life goes on for them but that is not so in human society. In human society, life would have been 'solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short' if there were no laws  according to Thomas Hobbes. The social contract theory also supports this that a few people have been given the authority and power to lead, make laws and control the multitude of people for them to conform to rules and regulations made for the society to live above the animalistic nature of life being short and brutish like in the animal kingdom.
I completely agree with the idea that if there are no laws in a society, then it is difficult to survive; they are very necessary to function as a human society.  if there are no loss then exploitation and violence can prevail. But if you see in the history there were many societies that were functioning okay without any written laws.  I think that we cannot compare human beings with the animals, as human beings are more empathetic and loyal, and they can also resolve their conflict without any force or laws involved if they want to. Laws are there to protect the basic rights of human beings rather than running a society. Hobbes ' argument about life highlights the importance of order.
Those who have received power from the society also have the responsibility to use it fairly and equally because sometimes laws are there, but they are not implemented equally for everyone. This can also bring justice in the society.

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