tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3704399.post5755176638072771663..comments2023-10-26T04:53:21.986-05:00Comments on <a href="http://huckupchuck.blogspot.com">The Huck Upchuck</a>: Tea Party LeviathanHuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15878450464298055466noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3704399.post-9639784982131100712010-09-18T12:05:31.463-05:002010-09-18T12:05:31.463-05:00What I like about Hobbes is that he does the best ...What I like about Hobbes is that he does the best job explaining the philosophical foundations of the social contract. The government's sole reason for existing is to keep us all from living in a state of complete and total anarchy. To the degree that Locke and Rousseau and even John Stuart Mill (whose writings I love dearly) argue that the government can rightly be applied towards higher goals, however lofty they may be, I find their arguments much more porous and malleable than Hobbes.ericnoreply@blogger.com