Philosophical Foundations of Politics

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Date assignment is due : Locke 's teachings on economic growth and material prosperity

According to Locke , God gave man common ownership of everything under the sun (10 .God at the same time gave man the reason , which He intended him to use so as to convert what was owned communally into individually Man went ahead in using his God given reason and he reasoned that he can put in some labor -which is his by right , and in so doing

, he attached the common property with his own property (reading labor ) and in the process converted the ownership from communal to individual 's (Locke12

Man created ownership so as to make what is communally owned useful and at the same time avoid the process of gaining consent of all the other owners . One was only considered a rightful own if the item in his possession was for his enjoyment and not to be spoilt . This does not apply to plants and animals alone , but the same can be put in practice when dealing with land . To avoid conflict between men , God gave every man ability to work , so the piece of land one improved through labor was his for the taking , and the limit of how much one can own was to be determined by how much he can work and the number of his needs

Labor became something very important in that , it was through it that the...