civilized man , for whatever rousseau erroneously says on this matter19 ( he no doubt was smirking as he wrote his idea , knowing hobbes was essentially , but not completely right ) , if losing all restraint on his emotions , would become savage once again,20 or as rousseau says it with his over-romanticized zeal , in the state of nature.21 so , people do not have a right to kill from a moral standpoint or at least from our limited vantage point as mere mortals -- unless we consider the fact that as marx phrases it , to move society out of its injustices material force must be prepared to counter material force,22but this sullied truth is only true in the realm of government and , luckily , does not need to be considered in most situations .