Questions And Answers On John Locke's Second Treatise Of Civil Government
John Locke - "Second Treatise of Civil Government"
1. Locke describes the the state of nature as a law of Nature to govern and reason that no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty or possessions. There cannot be any subordination that authorizes one to destroy another. All men may be restrained from invading others' rights. And finally, it's where one man comes by a power over another, but yet no absolute or arbitrary power to use a criminal.
2. Men leave the "state of nature" to form a political society because if everyone is free and rules their own life, then no one is free. A society needs order or else society will just collapse without a dominant power.
3. The definition of contract can be applied to the social contract because one must give up the preservation of themselves to be regulated by laws made by the society. They must also give up their power of punishing to only count as one figure to assist the executive power of the society. Finally, they enter society giving up the equality, liberty, and executive power they had in the state of Nature to better preserve themselves. …show more content…
5)Thomas Jefferson was influenced by John Locke with the idea of protecting the Natural Rights of the people, "We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.", and the right to rebel if the government proves to be abusing power or not working, "That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends it is the Right of the People to alter or abolish
1. Locke describes the the state of nature as a law of Nature to govern and reason that no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty or possessions. There cannot be any subordination that authorizes one to destroy another. All men may be restrained from invading others' rights. And finally, it's where one man comes by a power over another, but yet no absolute or arbitrary power to use a criminal.
2. Men leave the "state of nature" to form a political society because if everyone is free and rules their own life, then no one is free. A society needs order or else society will just collapse without a dominant power.
3. The definition of contract can be applied to the social contract because one must give up the preservation of themselves to be regulated by laws made by the society. They must also give up their power of punishing to only count as one figure to assist the executive power of the society. Finally, they enter society giving up the equality, liberty, and executive power they had in the state of Nature to better preserve themselves. …show more content…
5)Thomas Jefferson was influenced by John Locke with the idea of protecting the Natural Rights of the people, "We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.", and the right to rebel if the government proves to be abusing power or not working, "That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends it is the Right of the People to alter or abolish