...of God himself," (30) and that advanced by Locke: "Reason, which is that law, teaches all who will consult it, that, being all equal and independent,...another in his life, health, liberty or possessions." (31) Soon many writers were asserting that man has certain "natural rights." The American Mind Peculiarly...

...preservation calls for it. The state of nature has a law of nature to govern it, which obliges everyone; and reason, which is that law, teaches all mankind...men being all the workmanship of one omnipotent and infininitely wise Maker, all the servants of one sovereign master, sent into the world by his order...

..." but men in this state are not in absolute anarchy. They are subject to the law of reason, which " teaches all mankind, who will but consult it, that...another in his life, health, liberty, or possessions." The state of war arises only when some one, not having the law of reason before his eyes, puts himself...

...ohliges everyone. And reason, which is that law, teaches all mankind who will hut consult it that, heing all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liherty, or possessions. For men heina all the workmanship of one omnipotent and infinitely wise maker,...

...one: And Rea8on, which i8 that Law, teachei aII Mank|nd, who w|II but consuIt |t, that be|ng aII equaI and independent, no one ought to harm another in his Life, Health, Liberty, or Possesstons, For Men betn like Faculties, sharing all in one Community of Nature, there cannot be supposed...

...superior force." Speaker B: "Reason . . . teaches that all men are equal and independent, and that no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty, or possessions." Speaker C: "My view is that it is desirable to be both loved and feared; but it is difficult to achieve...

...property in his person or goods.6 As Locke says, the first precept of the law of nature requires that 'no one ought to harm another in his Life, Health, Liberty, or Possessions' (77 II. ii. 6, p. 289). This implies that everyone ought to preserve any other's property (in his person...

...with Robert Filmer. For Locke, men in the state of nature are "all equal and independent."9 As such, "no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty, or possessions," including kings.10 This was in response to Filmers defense of the "patriarchal" power of the monarch...

...that gave men the free will to covet and to murder. Or to do neither. Was it not simply reason that no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty, or possessions? Was it not simply reason that all men were created equal, and that a government existed for men, not...

...peaceful state, in which reason was strong enough to assert itself. The law of reason mandates that "no one ought to harm another in his Life, Health, Liberty, or Possessions."16 Yet even for Locke the state of nature meant that property could not be enjoyed in...