Should an object be created in an Unhealthy State? Passing from Create controller to View

Programmer Question

Hi

What are the advantages of passing a blank object eg Client from the controller?

public ActionResult Create()
        {
            Client client = new Client();
            return View(client);
        }

        //
        // POST: /Client/Create
        [HttpPost]
        public ActionResult Create(Client clientToAdd)
        {
            try
            {
                clientRepository.Insert(clientToAdd);
                return RedirectToAction("Index");

As opposed to:

 public ActionResult Create()
        {
            return View();
        }

        //
        // POST: /Client/Create
        [HttpPost]
        public ActionResult Create(Client clientToAdd)
        {
            try
            {
                clientRepository.Insert(clientToAdd);
                return RedirectToAction("Index");

The reason being is that: Should an object (eg the Client) be created in an 'unhealthy' state ie blank?

Cheers

Dave

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