In natural rights theory‚ the right to revolution is explicitly given to the people. Locke’s second treatise states that the people created the government‚ so if the government fails them‚ “the people have a right to remove it by force.” Thomas Jefferson used this idea in the writing of the Declaration of Independence. If the people gave the government their power‚ the people can take it away. However‚ after we gained our independence‚ natural rights philosophy did not justify any more revolutions
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One counter argument that I would like to present for my position is John Locke’s metaphysical theory. According to Locke personal identity does not involve the body at all‚ the person could be classified purely by his soul. If this is true‚ then Locke suggests that the person could be transferred between multiple bodies by only his soul. In one of Locke’s essay he states that personal identity would follow the thoughts themselves‚ and not the thinking substance. Therefore‚ he believes that our identity
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In Second Treatise‚ Locke states that the world is given “to mankind in common” by God‚ yet his argument is for the right of private property with the justifications of: the property must be designated for the property to be useful‚ those who labor for the property own it through their labor‚ and any man can take as much property as he wants as long as the property is used and not spoiled. Locke begins his argument with the point that if property is to be used‚ then it must be appropriated and
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establishment of the state must be analysed. The two differing perspectives on this lead to different conceptualisations of the basis for the sovereign’s power‚ and the extent to which it is legitimate with regards to interfering in property rights. Locke argues that property rights are natural and therefore the sovereign obtains its authority from the desire for the legal protection of this natural right. In contrast‚ Hobbes‚ Rousseau and Marx do not believe that private property is natural and therefore
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Second Treatise of Government by John Locke focuses on the transformation of society from a state of nature to a civil government. The state of nature according to Locke has perfect freedom and individuals govern by reason‚ whereas a civil government has an established legislative and executive power that has authority. To understand the Treatise on of the very first chapters‚ titled “The State of Nature”‚ discusses how men behave in without the legislative and executive powers‚ or in a sense how
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for someone else or die‚ which would take away that person’s liberty or life‚ which is why Locke says a person’s property is the most important natural right. The right of liberty or freedom is quite important as well because‚ without basic freedom‚ you have no free will or ability to do anything without the consent of another person‚ which is very similar if you think about it to an absolute monarchy. Locke writes in The Treatise
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While I was reading John Locke’s Second Treatise of Government‚ I found many of the ideas that Locke had familiar. I find that the way many governments in this world operate resonates with many of Locke’s ideas. Locke argued that equality and freedom within the bound of law are two of the most important principles of government‚ which I agree. I think the pursuits of equality and freedom are universal‚ especially the pursuit of equality. The philosophical backbone of republics and democracy is the
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both and then explain whether you find the criticism convincing or not. The position focused on in this essay will be the theory of psychological continuity. This falls under the psychological criterion of which many‚ including and especially John Locke have attempted to theorize. ‘It is only by consciousness that we able to be persons at all and therefore our consciousness distinguishes us from other persons’ (Lacewing‚ 2003). So it is through our consciousness that we remain the same person
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They both believed that a state of nature is a state that exist without government. They believe that men are created equal in this state‚ however Hobbes argues that because of self-preservation‚ man possessed the desire to control over other man. Locke‚ on the other hand‚ reasons with a more peaceful and pleasant place. In Leviathan‚ the state of nature is a public without government. There are no agencies to recognize authority or to judge disputes‚ and there is no power to be enforced. There
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John Locke’s The Second Treatise of Civil Government 1690 Summary Locke sets out to describe how a civil government can exist and dissolve based on the laws of nature regarding men. Men are naturally free. Men are born and can gain life‚ health‚ liberty‚ and possessions in which they are free to reign over themselves. He argues that those who take away these rights from people should be punished. There are two states: state of nature and state of equality. A state of equality leads to a community
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