Locke Flashcards
What are Locke’s property rights
if you are the rightful owner of property you have various rights over that property.
Not only can you use it, but you can also transfer it to others by sale or gift.
And this includes bequeathing the property to your heirs
Locke’s 4 Property Rights
Labor Mixing
Survival
Value Added
God and Industry
Labor Mixing
if you work on it you own it
Survival
we only take as much as we need to survive
Value Added
laboring one piece of land increase its value tremendously
God and Industry
God gave the land to those who work
What does Locke believe about scarcity in the State of Nature
nature has given everything richly, not scarce, little reason for conflict.
Locke sees initial abundance turn to scarcity when greed and invention of money comes into place
What is tacit consent according to Locke
Locke argued that while expressed consent makes one a full member of society, simply enjoying the state’s protection implies tacit consent, thereby obliging individuals to obey the government’s laws.
What are universal political obligations
The task of justifying the state is often said to be the task of showing that there are universal
political obligations. To say that someone has political obligations is to say, at least, that they have the duty, in normal circumstances, to obey the law of the land, including paying taxes where these are due.
