Compare And Contrast Girard And Hobbes

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With humans being naturally violent, it takes a strong common power and set of laws to be able to balance violence and not let it destroy society. In today’s society, Girard believes judicial systems are the law and help make it so breaking the law with violence is regretted and won’t allow you to do it again. Hobbes believes in the common power and set of laws to be able to let an industry obtain the society. Girard and Hobbes go hand in hand, one can’t work without the other. Laws are set by the common power, if the laws are broken the judicial system takes over and brings justice. Hobbes lacks the theory to decide what happens after the violence takes place against the common power and laws, while Girard doesn’t include anything about how

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