... of man as one of conflict and insecurity and of "[w]arre of everyone against every one"2 before the social contract that Hobbes uses to demonstrate that government and law are required for order and security. Hobbes believes that through reason individuals can ascertain certain conditions of society or peace which, through self-interest and fear, they will accept. Hobbes outlines articles of peace upon which people may be drawn to agreement. He calls these principles the Laws of Nature. The Laws of Nature appear as moral mandates that are fixed in nature and can be discovered through reason. "A Laws of Nature (lex naturalis) is a precept, or general rule found out by reason, by which a person 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 be best preserved."3 Hobbes ...

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