Locke states that the State of Nature, “ obliges everyone: and reason, which is that law teaches all mankind […] that being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty, or possessions” ( Locke 9). Within the state of nature everyone holds a perfect freedom in which they control their own lives, no one else has control over them. In Locke’s State of Nature, every man has the right to claim anything he put labor into as his own property. However, in the state of nature, if someone reaps what he did not sow, the rightful owner has the ability to punish the perpetrator. Yet, this idea becomes an inconvenience. While every man has the right to property, he must also contend with other men, as there exists no laws to protect his property. To save man from this inconvenience, Locke suggests his political contract in which man should agree to form a representative
Locke states that the State of Nature, “ obliges everyone: and reason, which is that law teaches all mankind […] that being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty, or possessions” ( Locke 9). Within the state of nature everyone holds a perfect freedom in which they control their own lives, no one else has control over them. In Locke’s State of Nature, every man has the right to claim anything he put labor into as his own property. However, in the state of nature, if someone reaps what he did not sow, the rightful owner has the ability to punish the perpetrator. Yet, this idea becomes an inconvenience. While every man has the right to property, he must also contend with other men, as there exists no laws to protect his property. To save man from this inconvenience, Locke suggests his political contract in which man should agree to form a representative