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Why does he say that people must protect themselves from eachother in a civil society

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Everyone is subject to natural law, however, and may execute that law when someone threatens his or her natural rights. ... At this point, natural law is no longer an adequate protection for the property and liberty of individuals, so people enter into civil society to protect themselves.

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