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John LockeTwo Treatises On Government

her government’s laws forever, or until the government dissolves.All members of a society must go along with majority rule, as that is part of being a member of society. LAWS/GOVERNMENT/FREEDOM:“The end of law is not to abolish or restrain, but to preserve and enlarge freedom.”Without law, there can be no real freedom, since true “liberty is to be free from the restraint and violence of others.”The freedom of humans is based on an ability to reason. One set out into a world of unrestrained liberty, without faculties of reason, is not gaining freedom, but entering a “wretched state”.A contract exists between ruler and those ruled, and, if broken, may be terminated. A society member can be punished, or a ruler overthrown or replaced, if ends of the contract are not kept up.An absolute monarchy is wrong: a government is successful when its leader has limited power. Legislative and Executive duties should not be carried out by the same person, to avoid tyranny.RELATIONSHIPS:Men and women form conjugal relationships because God made them want each other.Human mating pairs stay together for a long time for child-rearing purposes, whereas, herbivores tend not to be life mates, since the male is little more than a sperm donor, and not really needed in child-rearing. Relationships between man and wife are contractual, and roles are based in equality ...

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