PHL 101 Lecture 20: PHL 101 Lecture 20
4 Dec 2020
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Written at a time of great social unrest started his theory with an account of state of. According to locke"s theory of knowledge, men were able even in the state of nature to know the moral law. He said reason, which is the moral law, teaches us that we all are free, equal and independent and that no one should violate another in his life, health, liberty or possessions. For locke the condition of men living together according to reason, without a common superior on earth (with authority to judge between them) is properly the state of nature. The natural law implied natural rights with corresponding duties, and among these rights. Locke emphasized particularly the right of private property. For hobbes, there could be a right to property only after the legal order had been set up. Locke said that the right to private property precedes the civil law, for it is grounded in the natural moral law.
