... that there are no natural rights. He believes that everyone has a "right" to everything and that the world has no natural constraints at all. In his State of Nature "nothing can be unjust" and whatever happens in a State of Nature is just. He believes that mutual promises are not naturally binding in a State of Nature. "Covenants, without the sword, are but words"(p. 66) Non-performance of a covenant is not unjust when there is no coercive power (sovereign) to enforce it. From this analysis, Hobbes concludes that there are no natural rights in the State of Nature. Not even promises are morally binding. Hobbes also examines whether there are natural rights in Civil Society. He again argues against natural rights, stating that the law, not god our nature, determines what is just. There are no unjust laws. The sovereign's liberty is absolute. No laws or other duties can ...

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