2021 Polity - Political Philosophy - State of Nature

Which one of the following statements best reflects the central idea of the passage given above?

• The conceptions of what is right or wrong exist due to the formation of a state.
• Unless a ruling authority decides as to what is right or wrong, no man would be morally right.
• Man is inherently immoral and selfish in a natural state.
• The idea of what is right or wrong is necessary for the survival of human species.