Human Nature

I agree with Caroline that Hobbe's is not correct about humans and how we live. My coach for crew always tells us that we have to fight for what seat and what boat we make it into for our races. And to make it to the top you have to fight every practice by showing him how well you can row and how hard you will push yourself to be the best. Hobbe's tells us that because of competition, comparison, reason, speech and voice, no fear and free will, and covenant, that we can not work together to make a peaceful world. But, because of crew I have learned that the only way to be on a peaceful team is to fight for what you want. At the beginning of the season we talked about how everyday you are competing to make it in that top boat. And without the competition we wouldn't push ourself to that next level and we wouldn't try as hard in every practice to show our coach how we can move a boat. So, I have to disagree with Hobbe's view on our human nature because everyday in crew we have to compete to be the best we can be, and without that competition we wouldn't have a sport.