POL 2108 Study Guide - Tyrant, Work Ethic, Legislature
11 Jul 2014
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Understands the importance of institutions: argues that all governments is limited in its power and it exists only with the consent of the governed, all men are born free. Government is there to ensure laws and protect the commonwealth from foreign involvement. State of nature: initially seen as a state of perfect freedom and natural equality. The natural freedom of men is derived by their natural equality. For locke the state of nature is pre-political but not pre-societal. State of nature for locke is a state of liberty. Has a law of nature that obliges everyone. Natural liberty of mankind is ruled by the state of nature. If there were no laws in state of nature there would be no real equality and therefor no real freedom. Locke is the political theorist that legitimizes the acquisition and accumulation of property. If you can accumulate property, you had reason.
