The process in which a person is able to suggest and/or believe an explanation concerning what is good or bad is called human reasoning. Human reason plays an important role between the philosophers John Locke, Karl Marx, and Niccolo Machiavelli. In the case of Locke and Marx, they both agree that man is born reasonable with an interest in common good and with that, human nature plays a role in forming laws of a state. On the other hand, Machiavelli assumes that man is born insensible, with the exception of some capable to lead, and are unable to lead themselves rather they are a follower. Between Locke and Marx, they believe in the role of human nature forms government. To defend their claims, both use the history of human behavior to examine …show more content…
6). Since we all belong equally to God, we are prohibited from harming one another. The state of nature of liberty, allows men to pursue their own interests and plans. Though with property, an essential role in Locke's argument, it states that labor connects a man to material goods, whereby it becomes his rightful property. Locke argues that all natural resources have been given equally to all men. These resources exist for man’s “support and comfort”, and would be a wasted and useless without man (Locke Sect. 2). For man to be useful of the resources, he has to work with them and make them his own. For Locke, these resources cannot be worked on without the introduction of private property; to work on a piece of property is to own it (Locke Sect. 6). Labor is what makes material resources useful to man and what connects a man’s possessions to