critical of the British Monarchy – “AS PEOPLE ARE WALKING ALL THE TIME, IN THE SAME SPOT, A PATH APPEARS.” John Locke • Supreme Being gives everyone natural rights - life, liberty and property • “ALL MANKIND... BEING ALL EQUAL AND INDEPENDENT, NO ONE OUGHT TO HARM ANOTHER IN HIS LIFE, HEALTH, LIBERTY OR POSSESSIONS.” John Locke • No person or persons shall take anyone's natural rights……Unless they consent. Do we need government? • Locke believed that Government was needed to protect everyone's natural rights. • The reason why men enter into society is the preservation of their property. Locke uses a state of nature to explain what life would be like without a Gov.
• What would happen? • “ALL MEN ARE
LIABLE TO ERROR; AND MOST MEN ARE, IN MANY POINTS, BY PASSION OR INTEREST, UNDER TEMPTATION TO IT.” John Locke • Locke believed that Government was needed to protect everyone's natural rights. • The reason why men enter into society is the preservation of their property.