Essay Archive - John Locke: Property Rights
John Locke: Property Rights
Perhaps one of, if not the, most historically influential political
thinkers of the western world was John Locke. John Locke, the man who initiated
what is now known as British Empiricism, is also considered highly influential
in establishing grounds, theoretically at least, for the constitution of the
United States of America. The basis for understanding Locke is that he sees
all people as having natural God given rights. As God's creations, this
denotes a certain equality, at least in an abstract sense. This religious back
drop acts as a the foundation for all of L....
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