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Human conflict is always caused by such factors as poverty, inequality, injustice to mention a few. However, the political views between various philosophers differ particularly in the area of human conflict. Locke and Hobbes are two great philosophers who differ in terms of their political views specifically about the conflict. Lock believes that man is by nature a social creature whereas Hobbes tends to believe otherwise. In this case, he claims that man is not by nature social and could not exist without the power of the state. On the other hand, Locke claims that peace is the norm. Therefore he advocates that we should live in peace. Hobbes, however, believes that human beings can only distinguish good and bad by subjection of a common power. ( Bauman, & Briggs, 2003). 

According to Locke, in the state of nature the human beings are able to keep their promises and conform to their obligations. Human beings are also considered to know what is right or wrong. This being the case they are therefore capable of distinguishing between lawful and unlawful. This however means that they are capable of resolving conflicts. Hobbies on the contrary believe that people through their knowledge of objectives have weak resolution to such answers as to what is bad or wrong. Therefore human beings in their state of nature are not able to differentiate what is theirs and what is someone else’s.

Both philosophers share some political views on the way of ending all conflict. They both believed that bad happening should be prevented. In this case, Hobbes supported unlimited power for the state with the aim of resolving the conflict. Similarly, Locke argues that if people whereabouts are not controlled, this will lead to conflict. Therefore he says that it is the duty of the state to curb such related conflicts. Even in modern world it the duty of the government to enact rules, policies to control conflicts in the society. This is because conflict is inevitable and to reduce its impact bad people should be punished by being subjected to justice. (Fridlund, 2014). 

References

Bauman, R., & Briggs, C. L. (2003). Voices of modernity: Language ideologies and the politics of inequality (No. 21). Cambridge University Press.

Fridlund, A. J. (2014). Human facial expression: An evolutionary view. Academic Press.