John Locke (cont.)
Treatises on Civil Government (1690)
- Social contract: government a “social contract” between individuals, rather than power derived from a divine source; trade of some freedoms for governance
- Natural rights: rights never fully dismissable but can and should be claimed through removal of unjust rulers; rights "natural" (unless, of course, you were a woman, African slave, or native tribesperson) in which case your other "natural" proclivities ke