John Locke on the rights to life, liberty, and property of …
WEBDec 16, 2019 · John Locke (1632-1704) argued that the law of nature obliged all human beings not to harm “the life, the liberty, health, limb, or goods of another”: Natural Rights. The state of nature has a law of nature to govern it, which obliges every one: and reason, which is that law, teaches all mankind, who will but consult it, that being all equal ...
Locke’s Political Philosophy - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
WEBNov 9, 2005 · John Locke (1632–1704) is among the most influential political philosophers of the modern period. In the Two Treatises of Government, he defended the claim that men are by nature free and equal against claims that …
Second Treatise of Government Quotes by John Locke - Goodreads
WEB22 quotes from Second Treatise of Government: ‘Being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty, or possessions.’
John Locke: Natural Rights to Life, Liberty, and Property
WEBLocke established that private property is absolutely essential for liberty: “every Man has a Property in his own Person. This no Body has any Right to but himself. The Labour of his Body, and the Work of his Hands, we may say, are properly his.”
Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness - Wikipedia
WEBIn 1689, Locke argued in Two Treatises of Government that political society existed for the sake of protecting "property", which he defined as a person's "life, liberty, and estate". [8]
Life, Liberty, and Property: A Biography of John Locke
WEBJul 4, 2000 · Locke established that private property is absolutely essential for liberty: “every Man has a Property in his own Person. This no Body has any Right to but himself. The Labour of his Body, and the Work of his Hands, we may say, are properly his.”
Property: John Locke, Second Treatise, §§ 25--51, 123--26
WEBThe Labour of his Body, and the Work of his Hands, we may say, are properly his. Whatsoever then he removes out of the State that Nature hath provided, and left it in, he hath mixed his Labour with, and joyned to it something …
Quotes by John Locke | Online Library of Liberty
WEBNatural Rights. John Locke on the rights to life, liberty, and property of ourselves and others (1689) Full Quote. Religion & Toleration. John Locke on the separation of Church and Magistrate (1689) Full Quote.
Locke's Second Treatise on Civil Government Quotes: Property - SparkNotes
WEBIn Chapter 5, “Of Property,” Locke declares that every man owns himself and his own labor. He also argues that every man has the right to private ownership of land that he has labored to improve. Locke even implies that owners of private property are following the command of God.
John Locke on Property | Online Library of Liberty
WEBJan 7, 2013 · Locke argues to the contrary that property rights do not depend on the will of the sovereign; indeed, no one can be said to have a property in any holding if another party, e.g., the sovereign, may deprive him of it without his consent (ST 138).