Mathew Jelonkiewicz Answered Question #2 Locke’s Ideas on Property John Locke was considered one of the first modern liberal thinkers of our times. His ideas and theories permeate throughout many of the democratic world’s constitutions. He authored many essays during his lifetime but one of the more famous ones was the Second Treatise on Government, attributed to him only after passing. This writing is concerned with individual man coming together into a political society …showed first 75 words of 1376 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1376 total…seen ingrained into many country’s constitutions. His general ideas written more than four hundred years ago are still relevant and practised in today’s world. A clear example is the life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness written into the United States constitution that is clearly taken from Locke’s beliefs on life, liberty and estate or in other words one’s property. Bibliography Morgan,. ed. Classics of Moral and Political Theory. Second edition