The Walking Dead and the Nature of Man

In the Walking Dead series we see humanity at both its best and worst. There are times where people are absolutely brutal and selfish and then other times where people exhibit a sense of self-sacrifice for others. It is interesting to watch the series to see how people react to each other in an environment with no civil government to enforce order; it is like being transported into the “state of nature” postulated by Thomas Hobbes where everyone is at war. In fact, in the series, even the peo...