Philosophy / Unit 8 Philosophy 0323 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Locke's State of Nature
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The idea
Locke's version: even without government, natural law binds—people hold rights to life, liberty, and property; the state exists to secure them.
In practice
Inconvenience, not war: without a shared judge, everyone enforces their own rights, and feuds have no referee.
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