Locke's State of Nature, good for notes , and presentations.
Date Submitted: 03/07/2004 00:33:03
A state of perfect freedom and equality. That freedom includes how we use our property and our bodies. Law of nature is governed by our hunam nature that we have through reason. Cannot harm oursleves or others and no theft is allowed. The equality amongst everyone,because there is no goernment, is the basis for justice and charity. " do unto others as you would have others do to you." Reason is the law of nature,
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can decide the reparations. We decide if the punishment fits the crime by using our own reason but people cannot be judges in thier own cases because their passions conflict with their reason. Once you can leave the state of nature, you enter the state of war. "But I moreover affirm, that all men are naturally in that state, and remain so, till their own consents they make themsleves members of some politic society" ( locke ).
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