Man being born with a title to perfect freedom, and enjoyment of all the rights and privileges of the law of nature, equally with any other man, hath by nature a power, not only to preserve his life, liberty and estate, against the injuries and attempts of other men; but to judge of, and punish the breaches of that law in others.
- from Two Treatises of Government, John Locke, 1690
John Locke's writing reflects the ideals of the Enlightenment in that
Responses
A men are created with equal rights and responsibilities under the law of nature.men are created with equal rights and responsibilities under the law of nature.
B civil society is not possible when men work to protect their property.civil society is not possible when men work to protect their property.
C there is no private property, and therefore no justice or injustice.there is no private property, and therefore no justice or injustice.
D government must be rule by a democracy, rather than by a monarch.