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    not to harm one another in terms of our rights ( Ingersoll, Matthews, Davison 2010, pg53). Locke explains in his Second Treatise of Government, that the earth is large enough for the small population it consists of thus there is enough for all. Locke turns his attention to property and private possessions which result in the need for

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    John Locke and the founding father did not include every single right in the Constitution, however, that does not mean that a right can be claimed without the people’s consent. In the Second Treatise of Government, John Lock discusses the prerogative right that a President can claim. The prerogative right is the right of a president to “act according to discursion for the public good” . Executive Privilege is not usually an issue when the President acts in the common good of individuals because most

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    as the ability to have limited government. John Locke’s The Second Treatise of Government embraces fundamental parts of the ideology, including self-interest, consent of the governed, as well as equality between citizens. With these principles being demonstrated, it allows Locke to be seen as the “father of Classical Liberalism.” Self-interest is one of the most important factors of classical liberalism, and within the Second Treatise we are shown this through Locke’s views on private property.

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    John Locke’s Second Treatise of Government, the Magna Carta, and the English Bill of Rights.

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    Throughout John Locke’s Second Treatise of Government, God’s intentions and purpose for humanity can be seen. Locke believes that God plays a significant role in equality by creating all men equally and by establishing divine laws. God also establishes moral limits on the authority of rulers over their subjects. In Locke’s Second Treatise, God plays multiple roles in the development of a political society. God’s role is to create men equally in the state of nature, develop boundaries of property

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    the page it can be located . Shiva uses the book, Second Treatise on Civil Government by John Lock as an example towards her claim and she provides the information about the book. It was published by Buffalo, NY: Prometheus Books, in 1986. She provides the page number, which is 20, to exactly show what page she got her information that she stated in her book. This also helps the reader to locate the information themselves. Shiva uses “Second Treatise on Civil Government,” to provide the audience with

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    fathers were pushed into creating a new form of government that would meet the needs of the people, yet still maintain ordinance. The Mayflower Compact was the first blueprint for the establishment of democracy used present. However, John Locke’s second treatise of government and the Magna Carta is what really gave the founding fathers the foundation that shaped the government known today. A new colony was assembled and prepared to break away from the king. The Mayflower Compact was the first outline

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    and while individual elements of his work carry on, his overall theme is not effective. In 1690 John Locke published his work titled, “Second Treatise on Government” his theory as to how a society should evolve and be governed. His work is premised on the idea that all governmental power comes from an individual’s labor and property. He begins the treatise with a description of the state of nature, or the way

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    emerge, one being John Locke. He believed in the importance of government being built for the good of people and that in order to build an society, government is needed, making him an important founder of modern day democracy. Within his book, Second Treatise of Civil Government, Locke states that “These laws also ought to be designed for… the good of people.” This illustrates that the government is, and should be, designed for the good of people, which is what a democracy

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    John Locke, an important political thinker, wrote Second Treatise of Government and A Letter Concerning Toleration. This book has served to shape democracies around the world and it is one of the books that the founding fathers used ideas from. The most significant chapter of the Second Treatise is Chapter 5. Section 50 of this chapter is one of the core passages. This passage leads from the to the need for a civil society/government in order to protect the property rights. Locke is fascinated with

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