According to Hobbes, self-preservation is man's predominant desire. People are forced to cooperate with another when their survival is at stake. Hobbes recognizes that while some men may be physically stronger than others, “the weaker has strength sufficient to kill the stronger, either by secret machination or by confederation with others who are in the same danger with him” (Hobbes , 158). Weaker men must unite to defeat stronger men and preserve their lives. People want to live comfortably and do not want to die. Such desires, according to Hobbes, are driving forces for peace and help maintain some sort of order within the state of