Why Is John Locke Morally Wrong

Morals and moral philosophy are the values and intellectual methodology that a person or society uses to justify whether certain actions or situations are morally right or morally wrong. With the judgement of right and wrong, there is a moral equilibrium, that in the human mind, must be kept in order to insure a functioning society. A tool to keep the moral equilibrium is to incur blame and responsibility. For example in our society most individuals agree that mass shootings are wrong and individuals that cause the effect of a school shooting are to blame; Most people agree that a shooter in a mass shooter situation is the main culprit, because he performed all of the steps to conduct a school shooting, (bought the gun, brought the gun to

Locke lived during the enlightenment period and contributed to political policy. So much so his works were foundational to the Declaration of Independence. Locke considered equilibriums of society and believed that certain fundamental rights and a balance of the rights would be the first step to a better society. The natural rights included life, liberty, and property. But most important of all the natural rights was the right to defend these rights if these rights are infringed upon. One of the first rights is the natural right to life. Life is probably one of the most important and foundational, (mostly because if a person does not have a life they no longer have the ability to defend their own rights, or auto-represent themselves,). The second right is liberty. Liberty in Locke’s perspective, looking at it historically, Locke lived in a society that had prevalent society and large populations of people without religious freedom and political independence. Between Slavery, indentured servitude, and religious persecution, Locke witnessed prevalent, systematic, culturally and economically embedded violations of liberty. When people have their natural rights infringed upon their sorrow and anger disturbs the equilibrium because they cannot contribute to society at the capacity that they could if they had all of their rights. Such as if you are a farmer and a shop owner infringed upon

It states that a person or market cannot continue consuming the same good indefinitely with the same utility or satisfaction. In the beginning the first additional addition of a good will have the most usefulness. The next good added will also be useful, but not as the first addition of the good or product. When I think of marginal Utility I think about the Krispy Kreme Challenge here at NC State. It is where you run a 5k and also eat a dozen doughnuts, all of the proceeds go to support local children’s hospitals. When you are running the challenge, that first donut tastes fantastic, (like it’s the best donut you’ve ever eaten, especially when you forgot to eat breakfast,). Then you eat another and it still tastes really good but you feel a little bit guilty because it’s no longer just one doughnut, not quite as good as the first doughnut but still absolutely delicious. But by the time you get to that twelfth doughnut, (you’re still running at this point,) you are so uncomfortable. Eating an abhorrent amount of doughnuts leaves your teeth hurting from the amount of sugar you consumed and a nasty greasy film on your tongue, (I haven’t eaten a doughnut for a year because of this experience,). We can also use this when talking about increasing marginal costs. In business and production every product has a cost that a producer must factor in to make said