POLI 2P92 Lecture 6: POLI-2P92 John Locke→ Second Treatise of Government - Property Rights → February 1st
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John locke second treatise of gov. t: property. Human beings have a right to property by nature. The chief end for man uniting themselves is the preservation of private property. God gave the earth to man in common, Do not own your being as you did not create yourself and therefore do not have the right to take yourself away. What you create with your hands belongs to you and you know what you make. The labour of my body and the labour of my hands belongs exclusively to me. 2015fw poli 2p92 d3 sec 1: labour puts the value on everything! No man according to locke has the right to ease what has become mine, as long as there is plenty left for everybody. Labour makes the earth productive for us. Limit on property: you can accumulate with your labour as much you can use without it spoiling. Possibility of money makes us more industrialist.