John+Locke

John Locke John Locke was born in 1632 and passed away in 1704. Locke is known as the father of liberalism, and is also known as one of the most influential Enlightenment thinkers. He was a British philosopher who became successful in government by collecting information about colonies, economic writers, opposition politics, and other activists. Locke studied medicine with Sydenham, one of the most notable English physicians of the 17th century.
 * Background**
 * Contributions to Democracy**
 * -**Locke's ideas on freedom of religion and the rights of citizens were used in our own form of government.

- People are born with certain inalienable rights. Rights to life, liberty and property.

- People formed governments to protect their rights. "social contract"

- People agree to obey the government and had the responsibility to protect peoples' natural rights.

- If the government failed to protect our natural rights, then the people have the right to replace the government.

Quotes " The supreme power cannot take from any man part of his property without his own consent... that is, the consent of the majority, giving it either by themelves or their representatives chosen by them." (Second Treatise, 1689)

"The state of nature has a law to govern it" "life, liberty, and property" "Men being by nature all free, equal, and independent"

"for when any number of men have, by the consent of every individual, made a community, with a power to act as one body, which is only by the will and determination of the majority"

"Absolute arbitrary power, or govering without settled laws, can neither of them consist with the ends of society and government"

"As usurpation is the excercise of power which another has a rght to, so tyranny is the excercise of power beyond right, wich nobody can have a right to."

-"John Locke - Philosopher - Biography." //The European Graduate School - Media and Communication - Graduate & Postgraduate Studies Program//. Web. 14 Sept. 2011. []. -"John Locke (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)." //Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy//. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Sept. 2011. [] Created by: Austin Kaatz, CJ Simmert, Grace Barr, and Kalvin Collins
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