CORE POLITICAL IDEAS 0.0 / 5 ? Government & PoliticsConservatismA2/A-levelEdexcel Created by: MrMmstrCreated on: 02-06-19 13:03 Thomas Hobbes- Human nature Cynical, individuals are selfish. Desire supremacy and security. 1 of 5 Thomas Hobbes- The state Arises contractually. Individuals seek order and security. State must be autocratic. 2 of 5 Thomas Hobbes- Society There can be no society until the creation of a state brings order. Life until then is 'Brutish, Nasty and short.' 3 of 5 Thomas Hobbes- The economy Constructive and enduring econmic activity is impossible without a state guarunteeing order and security. 4 of 5 Edmund Burke- Human Nature Sceptical. 'Crooked timber of humanity' is mak 5 of 5
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