The state of nature is by definition a condition of enmity and injustice.

Evidence

It is redundant, however, to speak of an “unjust enemy” in a state of nature; for a state of nature is itself a condition of injustice. A just enemy would be one that I would be doing wrong by resisting; but then he would also not be my enemy. — Gil Anidjar, The Jew, the Arab, 398

Categorization

  • DEFINE: Sharpens the conceptual boundary of ‘enemy’: the just/justified resister is not an enemy at all — enemyhood implies the injustice of resistance.
  • XREF: connects to: The state of nature and state of war are distinct conditions — John Locke, Second Treatise of Government, 27