POLSCI 2O06 Lecture 3: Lecture 3 - Political Societies
19 Jan 2017
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Locke agrees with hobbes in the sense that we have natural right to our lives. We have the right to the conditions of our life. We have a right to accumulate as much property as we want, as long as we don"t interfere with anyone else. If you want to claim a right, you have to make a claim against other people. You can not make a claim against something like a: dog, cat or a tree. If we are in the state of nature we are still in a social state. What is the distinction between the state of nature and a. We are bound by laws in the state of nature. We all end up being judges of our natural rights. What makes the difference is they would have a common judge. The only thing that can legitimate political power is consent. The social contract is made through our consent (hobbes)
