Locke’s Argument for the Origin and Practice of Legitimate Authority Through out time there has been a constant struggle between the ideas of social control and the rights of the individual. Even at the present time there are conflicting opinions on how much power the government should have and how much power the individual should have over themselves. John Locke, like many before him, had an idea of how government and society should run. …showed first 75 words of 2366 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2366 total…for legitimate government. In Locke’s state of nature a person has property, and since no one would consent to society if it were worse than the state of nature, it follows that it must be true that property must be protected for society to be legitimate. Since Locke’s argument proves validity and true premises it can be concluded that his argument for the legitimacy of obedience is not only valid but also sound.