SOAN 2111 Lecture Notes - Social Stratification
2 Mar 2013
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In place of the divine rights of kings, locke proposed a government based on reason and natural rights. The rights don"t depend on government or structure they"re just natural rights. People have the right to make free choices, to live without being injured, and the right to own property. Due to the work someone has done. If someone has worked on/for something it"s his or her own. For locke, nature is a much nicer place than it is for hobbes. People have the right to make free choices to live without being injured by others and to own property. Connection between labor and the right of ownership helped promote capitalism. The rich get rich, the poor get poorer . Violated people"s natural right to own property. Because everyone has natural rights, government should be a matter of mutual consent among every. The earth was given to us as a whole to enjoy .
