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Are People Going Against God John Locke

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Are people going against god if they have decided to trade property in order to benefit themselves? No. Locke claims that, “God gave the world to men in common; but since he gave it them for their benefit and the greatest conveniencies of life they were capable to draw from it… He gave it to the use of the industrious and rational (and labour was his title to it)” (21). So as long as people are not wasting their land and becoming producers of some sort of good, they are what Locke would consider to be industrious. Therefore, they would not be going against God and God’s decision to give the earth to the common. The accumulation of wealth was supported by the agreement to use money. Money does not perish and accumulates over time, giving people
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