Philosophy 1250F/G Study Guide - Final Guide: Natural And Legal Rights, Negative Liberty, Natural Justice
9 May 2020
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Locke property rights: libertarians appeal to locke"s idea of self-ownership to est natural rights, rights prior to gov"t that a gov"t must respect as a matter of justice. Locke: profound influence on western democracy: american declaration of independence and constitution replete w/ phrases from lockes second treatise. All men are created equal // we hold these truths to be self-evident . Unalienable rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness . Life / health / liberty / estate (possessions of certain type: what makes these rights is the existence of corrective duties on the part of others: Negative duty not to harm us in our life, liberty & estate. Hence, they are negative or liberty rights. Law of nature: the state of nature has a law of nature to govern it, which obliges everyone no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty or possessions :
