ROUSSEAU'S theory is better than Locke and Hobbes

<Tab/> Think back to a long time ago, when civilization and political structure did not exist; a time when humans were merely primitive beings acting on their most basic instincts with no structure, reason, or intellect-- a time referred to as the state of nature. Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau were three philosophers that developed innovative theories regarding human nature; each made attempts to explain human society and culture …

…pity and self preservation, and provides many instances where perfectibility and amour proper urge men to extreme ambition and ultimate act as a detriment to society. Rousseau argues that the state of nature was corrupted by the struggle to ever improve and compete, a corruption that led to human society as it is now. In a world like ours, where human rights and decency are frequently ignored because of greed and hubris, who could argue?