Don't do to someone else anything that you wouldn't want done to you!

Thomas Hobbes is a brilliant man and humble!  I really believe Hobbes thought himself none the wiser then any other man in general.  I think Hobbes is right in most regards but, I am not going to discuss the religion aspect Hobbes wrote about in regards to the laws of nature.  Where to begin with the chapters in Leviathan concerning Natural Laws?  I suppose I will start with the biggest groupings and work my way down to the individual in regards to survival and natural laws.  Natural Laws are applicable when men allow themselves to be governed by a sovereign and that is exactly the world system in place today.  The International System of Sovereign States is the largest grouping I can think of in regards to governing and civil society.  The International System of Sovereign States is in anarchy(no world government) and this is where I believe Hobbes' three principal causes of discord come into action on this grand scale.  Since the system is in anarchy at this level and all of the world's nations have not submitted to a higher sovereign it creates a constant state of war where all of these nations are in competition, many nations distrust each other and some nations are seeking glory because as Hobbes states, "...that for as long as men live without a common power to keep them in awe, they are in the condition known as war."  I'd say this is applicable and a great example of a larger scale of what Hobbes was referring to.  I know Hobbes may have never seen it on such a large scale given his general time period but, maybe he did and if he did not then I still find it to be an accurate comparison.  I do believe however, that a common power has arisen to keep the International System of Sovereign States in check to a degree, in fear of punishment for their actions and that common power is the international system of trade. Globalization, the world economy, is acting as the common power to keep all nations in "awe" thus forwarding many nations to "seek peace and follow it" even though all do not and are at war instead. Fear of death of their economies and their sovereignty reigns nations in on some level even though at the international level the world is anarchy. 

Now to the individual people within these nations.  Clearly, since these people are already in the nations they have submitted to a sovereign either by choice or by default.  These individuals now have laws to abide by so now the natural laws described by Hobbes can now take effect and work as described within the chapters.  The 19 natural laws spoken of can now be set in motion to operate a civilized society.  I could go through all 19 laws of nature described by Hobbes but, I do not need to for two reasons.  One being that anyone reading this, by default, is of equal intellect as myself(Hobbes states that all humans are of equal intellect and strength) and the second reason is because Hobbes already summed it up beautifully for those too busy or careless to have read it for themselves; "Don't do to someone else anything that you wouldn't want done to you." - Thomas Hobbes