Social Justice and Peace Studies 1025F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Somerset County Cricket Club, The Good Life, Big Questions

• School: Western University
• Department: Social Justice and Peace Studies
• Course: Social Justice and Peace Studies 1025F/G
• Professor: Tom Malleson

Document Summary

Socljust 1025f lesson 3 the ideology and culture of capitalism: private property, free. Individuals have strong ( natural ) right to private property. The free market is a very efficient system (leads to innovation, prosperity) The free market is a moral system because individuals get what they deserve. The good life is the rich life (ie: ability to consume lots) By the 1670s he was a wealthy man with substantial investments in raw silk trade. Locke is most famous for the argument that individuals have a natural right to private property. The argument is based on the idea of self-ownership because i own my body, I own whatever i make with my body. The essence of the book is that individuals have natural rights to private property neither the state nor other individuals can infringe on these natural rights. Locke"s argument is a natural right argument.