John Locke's Second Treatise Of Government

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In John Locke’s Second Treatise of Government, Locke’s main argument is whether majority rulings does not violate people’s fundamental rights. He goes further to explain his theory of a legitimate government. According to Locke, a legitimate government is a government that is limited and based on consent of the people. A government must not violate a person’s natural right (life,liberty, and property), but it can take away property through taxes and make citizens go to war for them. In following that government has limits that can violate a person’s natural right, however, how can we constitute many of our law as violations to people’s fundamental rights if it helps the people. That where government comes in because it’s job is to help majority