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Discussion Of John Locke's State Of Morality

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According to Locke, State of nature is a state where all people are equal and independent, and it gives a right to the other believers/followers to punish the transgressors of that state. Locke believes that the state of nature, a state that excludes any law, includes morality. The people who follow state of nature should not harm others in their “life, health, liberty and possession.” and these are the rights each person has. He believes that all humans possess morality naturally. Morality is about respecting each others rights. Since Locke is a philosophical and biblical constitutionalist, he believes that the moral or natural rules are universal and they are distinguished by reason, but God, who is the superior can alter the rules according …show more content…

Since this essay was written in the 1600’s, majority of the population believed in Christianity, which is why Locke considered the Lord as a superior who could change the natural rights by considering one person superior to the other. This belief is now regressive, considering the different religions people follow or don’t follow (atheists), not a lot of people will follow natural rights because God said so. Locke believes that God has the ultimate say for natural rights, and following him would be morally acceptable as he is the superior. But if we compare the situation in the 1600’s to the situation now morality has little or nothing to do with what God …show more content…

This justice is brought on by the people itself. Looking at the crime of the offender, people give him a suitable punishment so that the offender does not commit the same crime again nor do other people dare to commit it too. How does one know that it is a crime, it could be that the person unkowingly did something ‘wrong’ and he or she is being punished for a crime they didn’t know they committed. He assumes that humans know the difference between what is morally acceptable and what is not, it could also be a matter of opinion too, a thing that is morally correct for someone, could be morally wrong for another. Morality doesn’t have a set of rules, it is just a quality Locke expects everyone to

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