 The state of nature has a law of nature to govern it, which obliges every one; and reason, which is that law, teaches all mankind who will but consult it, that, being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty,...  The Works of John Locke - Page 341by John Locke - 1823Full view - About this book
 | Cynthia Kaufman - History - 2003 - 350 pages
...asking us to imagine we are in a "state of nature" in which people are "all equal and independent [and] no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty, or possessions."7 This state of nature is what philosophers call a "thought experiment." Locke makes no... | |
 | Richard Kennington - Biography & Autobiography - 2004 - 308 pages
...we find that he is talking about natural law — not natural rights. In Second Treatise 6 he says: The state of nature has a law of nature to govern...another in his life, health, liberty, or possessions. The grand imperative of the natural law being advanced here is "Do not harm another in his life, health,... | |
 | Bernie Koenig - Law - 2004 - 356 pages
...other man." (Locke, l 960 4) But this freedom in a state of nature is not a state of license since The state of nature has a law of nature to govern...another in his life, health, liberty, or possessions. (Locke, l960 5) And this law of nature would, as all other laws that concern men in this world, be... | |
 | Matthew H. Kramer - Business & Economics - 2004 - 368 pages
...selfcontrol that moral agents were bound to exercise in their dealings with one another. He proclaimed: "The State of Nature has a Law of Nature to govern...another in his Life, Health, Liberty, or Possessions" (TTG, II, §6, emphasis in original). Locke explained that the duty to avoid harming other people was... | |
 | Sean Coyle, Karen Morrow - Law - 2004 - 245 pages
...known. Nevertheless, the un-Hobbesian tenor of Locke's position is evident in the following passage: The state of nature has a law of nature to govern...ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty or possessions.93 God's creative act establishes us as His property. Every person has thus a duty to protect... | |
 | Ellen Frankel Paul, Fred Dycus Miller, Jeffrey Paul - Law - 2005 - 428 pages
...rights to "life, liberty, and estate." "The State of Nature has a Law of Nature to govern it," he wrote, "which obliges every one: And Reason, which is that...another in his Life, Health, Liberty, or Possessions." 1 Locke argued that every human being has a natural right to self-ownership: "every Man has a Property... | |
 | Philosophy - 212 pages
...consider what estate all men are naturally in, and that is, a state of perfect freedom. And reason . . . teaches all mankind who will but consult it, that...another in his life, health, liberty or possessions. Every man has a property in his own person. This nobody has a right to, but himself. Governmcnt has... | |
 | R. L. Worthy - History - 2004 - 125 pages
...liberty." And as well, "The state of nature has a law of nature to govern it, which obliges everyone; and reason, which is that law, teaches all mankind...equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in life, health, liberty or possessions." 77 Hall, M., The Secret Teachings of All Ages p. XIX & Robertson,... | |
 | Nick O'Neill, Simon Rice, Roger Douglas - Civil rights - 2004 - 804 pages
...everyone; and reason, which is that law, teaches all mankind who will but consult it, that, all being equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty or possessions. The natural rights of life, liberty and property propounded by Locke were derived from natural law,... | |
 | RC Agarwal - Political Science - 2004 - 580 pages
...calls for it".9 He further states "Reason.... teaches all Mankind, who will but consult it, that being equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health or possession".10 In this way, people willingly obeyed the laws of nature and lived peacefully. They... | |
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