PHLB17H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Work Ethic
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The individual has an exclusive right to his own body, and thus the product of his own labor is exclusively his. So labour begins p(cid:396)ope(cid:396)t(cid:455), the i(cid:374)di(cid:448)idual"s (cid:396)ight to the p(cid:396)odu(cid:272)ts app(cid:396)op(cid:396)iated th(cid:396)ough o(cid:374)e"s o(cid:449)(cid:374) la(cid:271)ou(cid:396) So the law of nature places two conditions on the legitimate accumulation of property: to leave as much and as good for others, to take only so must as can be consumed without spoiling. If o(cid:374)e (cid:374)eeds to take a lot to p(cid:396)ese(cid:396)(cid:448)e his o(cid:449)(cid:374) life, it"s oka(cid:455) (cid:374)ot to lea(cid:448)e as (cid:373)u(cid:272)h for everybody else (law/state of nature) Which leads to some people having more possessions than others: mo(cid:374)e(cid:455) has pu(cid:396)e e(cid:454)(cid:272)ha(cid:374)ge (cid:448)alue (cid:271)ut (cid:374)o use (cid:448)alue (cid:894)e. g. You (cid:272)a(cid:374)"t eat (cid:373)o(cid:374)e(cid:455) if (cid:455)ou"(cid:396)e hu(cid:374)g(cid:396)(cid:455)(cid:895: bartering is allowed (according to locke, money changes everything. Moreover, productive and cultivated land brings into existence more value/goods for everyone: The industrious improve the land with their labour v. 37; 23-24.
