Democracy· 2016· Book chapter
19. The Second Treatise of Government
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John Locke presents a theory of civil society, positing a more stable state of nature than Hobbes and asserting the inherent equality of all individuals.
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- Presents a theory of civil society.
- Describes a stable state of nature.
- Asserts that all men are created equal in the state of nature.
- Contrasts this with Hobbes' 'war of every man against every man'.
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Abstract
Outlines a theory of civil society. Locke begins by describing the state of nature, a picture much more stable than Thomas Hobbes' state of "war of every man against every man," and argues that all men are created equal in the state of nature by God
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