Political Science 1020E Chapter 1: Poli sci 17-33

• School: Western University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: Political Science 1020E
• Professor: Charles Jones

Document Summary

The state of nature is a state of perfect freedom, a state of equality, and bound by a law of. Locke"s principle of equality is that no one has a natural right to subordinate any other. No one naturally has a right to rule. Locke"s law of nature: no one ought to harm another in their life, health, liberty, or possessions. > mankind is to be preserved as much as possible. Agrees that wirth the law of nature, without a law-enforcer it would be empty. Executive power of the law of nature : law-abiding citizens, outraged by the o ence, will band together with the victim to bring the villain to justice, and together they will have necessary power to do so. Everyone has an innate repugnance to see his kind su er > so natural that even the. Compassion and pity act as a powerful restraint to attack and war. The savage" behaves with both self-preservation and pity.