The intended role of the United Nations is to replace international anarchy with the rule of law.
English philosopher Thomas Hobbes, describing the “state of nature”, wrote: “Life in the state of nature is solitary, poor, nasty, brutal and short.”
In his masterwork Leviathan, Hobbes proposed that citizens surrender some of their liberty in exchange for stable government. The purpose of the United Nations was to replace the law of nature with a permanent organisation that would main…
