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    It is not the case that Individuals in the state of nature will invade one another for gain.

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    • 1.Hobbes conflates competitive disposition with inevitable aggression, but scarcity alone does not necessitate invasion when cooperation yields superior outcomes.
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    • 2.Game-theoretic analysis (Axelrod) demonstrates that rational agents in iterated interactions converge on cooperative strategies even without sovereign enforcement.
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    • 3.The state of nature is not a singular moment but a dynamic condition in which reputational incentives constrain predatory behavior among recurring actors.
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    • 1.Locke argues that natural law, discoverable by reason, imposes binding obligations against aggression even prior to civil society, making invasion a violation rather than a default.
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    • 2.The claim assumes acquisitiveness exhausts human motivation, ignoring Hutcheson and Hume's evidence that sympathy and fellow-feeling are equally natural and constrain self-interest.
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    • 1.Individuals are driven by acquisitiveness.
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    • 2.Individuals have no moral restraints in the state of nature.
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    • 3.Individuals are motivated to compete for scarce goods.
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