Reason.
What is the most important faculty (ability) that people have?
Natural rights
What does everyone have that government must protect?
This was John's first job
DAILY DOUBLE
What is physician (for Lord Shaftesbury)?
People can exist in this as long as they have enough food and protection
What is the state of nature?
Limited Powers
What kind of power does every just government have?
Famous American documents influenced by John Locke
What are the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution (and the Bill of Rights)
Government must enable us to own this to increase our food supply
What is property?
Since the world was left to us in common by God, it would be wrong to appropriate more than whatever I can use and fail to leave enough and as good for others
What is Locke's 'Waste Proviso'? (His views on Do Not Waste God's Resources Meant For Everyone)
There were no governments and each individual retained all of his or her natural rights
What is the state of nature?
Locke superintended a life saving operation and then he and his patient became friends
How did John Locke become important to the powerful Lord Shaftsbury?
The three most famous rights that all people naturally have
What is life, liberty, and property ('estate')
People were under constant threat of harm and were unable to achieve whatever required stability and cooperation
Why is government necessary?
Locke shared many of Shaftsbury's political ideas
What impressed Lord Shaftsbury about Locke?
What every government must have to be a just government
What is the consent of the governed?
The social contract
We give up certain rights to receive protection from physical harm, security for our possessions, and the ability to cooperate in a stable environment
The social contract.
What must we freely make for a just society?
Knowledge of the Natural Law
This keeps the majority from hurting the minority.
What is the separation of powers?