john lockes theory on the role of goverment

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Theory on Government

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Introduction

John Locke (1632-1704 , is one of the most influential political theorists of the modern period . In the Two Treatises of Government , he protected the claim that men are by nature free and equivalent against claims that God had created all people naturally subject to a ruler . He emphasized that human beings have rights , such as the right to liberty life , and property which have a foundation that

independent of the laws of any society . Locke argued that men are naturally equal and free as part of the reason for understanding rightful political government as the result of a social agreement where people in the state of nature conditionally shift some of their rights to the state in to better insure the stable , contented enjoyment of their liberty , lives , and property

Since governments exist by the approval of the people in to guard the rights of the people and promote the society good , governments that fail to do so can be opposed and replaced with new governments . Locke is also important for his protection of the right of revolution . Locke theory also protects the principle of majority rule and the division of legislative and executive powers . In the Letter regarding Toleration Locke denied that force should be used to bring people to (what the monarch believes is ) the true religious conviction and also denied that churches should have any...