What were John Locke's ideas about society?

Answer 1

john Locke's ideas- said that people had the right to life, liberty, and property; he also said that government should be created by the people to protect the people; government should have limited powers.

Answer 2

John Locke was an influential philospher, if you will. He believed that every person should use their own judgment and reason to seek truth instead of believing what the government and church officials stated. Locke wrote "The Two Treatises of Government." In the First Treatises he contradicts a long standing principle that all monarchs have the divine right to govern. Instead, Locke feels that no one has the divine right, or right from God to govern. He even states there are no scriptures in The Bible to back up this claim and therefore it was a false ideal made by Sir Robert Filmer, the man who first stated monarchs had the divine right to govern. In the Second Treatise, Locke explains what is called the "Social Contract." Within the Second Treatise, Locke describes what the legitimate role of government should be; which is basically to do good in the name of those that you are serving. The "social contract" theory of the Second Treatise basically states that the government rules by the consent of those it governs. While this does not entirely captivate all that John Locke's "Two Treatises of Government" contains, it is a starting point. Reading the two treatises may be exhausting, but it is very influential in constructing our form of government.

Answer 3

They suggested that the gov't should stay out of peoples business and should have 3 main roles. Protect from invasion, defend the citizens, and keep up public works

Answer 4

He believed that society was horrible in an antagonist point of veiw.

he was disgusted how it became from the past to the present.

Answer 5

Life liberty and property