1. John Locke and Politics
... in a single man, but the community as a whole. Hence, the contract is nothing more than a surrender of certain powers and rights which guarantees the remaining rights of the person to be protected. The final point that should be taken into consideration that Locke's social contract was closer to that ... class. He says that man had some sort of property and authority and he therefore wanted a good government for the protection of those rights. But this philosophy contradicts the basis of equality and common principles of justice laid down by him altogether. He misunderstood the nature o...
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