John Locke The Four Fathers Of Libertarianism

Libertarian, generally misunderstood for the word to describe left wing politics. Today we are going to look into what it means to be a libertarian. John Locke and John Rawls the four fathers of libertarianism lay groundwork for this concept. We will be reviewing today how John Locke approaches property, need for money, and to be under a power; after this understanding we will move to John Rawls and his theory of justice, original position and justification, and last the contrast of utilitarianism and principles of justice.
John Locke defines what is property and how one obtains more property. Property, according to John Locke, starts with the body. Your body is yours and no one can change the fact that you own your own body and the functions
Back to the apple example, if I own an orchard of apples and spend my days picking these apples I will then own many apples. But these apples, besides the few I can eat, don’t hold a value to my labor. This is where money or trade comes into play. I can take my access apples that I will not be able to eat and go down to the grain mill and trade my abundant apples for grain. If the grain mill doesn’t have any grain to offer me at the time that my apples are ripe, he might give me a note or bond offering me that allotted grain once it does come in, also known as money. A quote by John Locke that sums up this idea of the need for money is stated as so, “One must put labor into something to claim it; one cannot take more than one can use (rule of subsistence); and money subsumes both.” John Locke continues to explain this concept with easy to understand. Money equals the fruit of my labor; this money buys me things to be my
This is how we see each other and ourselves that change our view of what is just and unjust. John Rawls suggests that there are four things to consider: beliefs and interests of the parties, relations with respect to one another, alternatives between which they are to choose, procedure by which they make up their minds. A good example of this being in use is a Man who knows that he is wealthy may see the welfare unjust, but, if he was very poor he would like the benefits that welfare has to offer. Depending on what social group you see yourself in dictates on how you see other groups or laws as benefits (just) or hindrances