... would the sovereign base his own ideas of right and wrong? In addition to this, humans are indeed social, contradictory to Hobbes's statements - if humans were not social, they would not feel the yearning for acceptance, which all humans do indeed feel at some point. People instinctively attempt to form a society in order to live in peace together, instead of struggling alone. However, Hobbes's idea that people are driven by their passions is indeed true. Humans spend their lives in pursuit of goals, possessions, and sometimes, even people. Reason, therefore, does act as a subservient to passion. Reason is applied in times of predicament between two passions - for instance, when one can't decide between doing their homework and watching TV. Some may have stronger passion to watch TV than to work, and so "reason" will tell the person to watch TV. However, some may decide that their grade in ...

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