Answer to Question #316802 in History for Zanda

Question

What do you think John Locke means by natural right?

Answer 1

Locke wrote that all individuals are equal in the sense that they are born with certain "inalienable" natural rights. That is, rights that are God-given and can never be taken or even given away. By Natural rights Locke meant the rights that everyone has just because they were born: life, liberty, and property. Purpose of Government to protect the rights that the individual cannot effectively protect in a state of nature.