KnowraState of natureLinked fromLinked fromThe 13 pages that link to State of nature, each with the reason it gives.All 13Related 8Narrower topic 3Compared with 2Noble savageNarrower topic: The trope depends on imagining what people would be like before social institutions.Individual libertyNarrower topic: It exposes the tension between freedom from government and security through shared authority.Robert NozickNarrower topic: Nozick begins with private protection in a state of nature rather than assuming a state already exists.