As Hobbes put it, “The final cause, End, or Design of men (who naturally love liberty, and Dominion over others) in the introduction of that restraint upon themselves (in which we see them live in commonwealths) is the foresight of their own preservation.” Self-preservation is the first law of nature. Although man is born violent, nasty and brutish, he still desires peace. Tragically, his desire notwithstanding, he does not know to attain it.