1. Rousseau, Locke and Hobbes all emphasise the importance of the state of nature for the view of government and politics they propose. Critically compare the state of nature in at least two of these thinkers. In answering this question you are encouraged to reflect on what purpose the state of nature serves in the broader view of the social and political order these theorists describe. For example, Rousseau’s state of nature is, among many other things, proposed to show that inequality has its origin in contemporary civilised society.