HREQ 2010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Absolute Monarchy, Puritans, Society 1
15 Dec 2016
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Issue of property serves as a justification for the notion of the inequality. Locke: one of the most prominent liberal thinkershis argument is based on the view that property is a key element of the attainment of rights. In these documents, precedents, and perspectives, is this notion that property is a protected right. The idea of property and right are inextricably linked, as it can be traced back to previous documents and common law traditions. Property continues to be a determining factor as to whether someone could be considered free or notin the canadian context, the right to vote was premised on how much property one had (exclusion of women and racial groups) Those who did not possess the necessary property qualifications were not able to vote, thus meaning that those of wealth, power, and status, were deemed competent enough to vote in elections.
