20;crimes, wars, murders, …miseries and horrors” if he would only have realized that the earth belonged to everyone (60). It is ironic that Rousseau even uses an axiom of Locke’s in his argument, “where there is no property, there is no injury” (64). Rousseau applies this literally but it seems that Locke believes the advantages of society outweigh these injuries he mentions. The preservation of property is one of Locke’s fundamental political principles. Unlike Aristotle, Locke doesn’t believe that the purpose of government is to make people moral. Locke is very concerned with the limits of government, such as making laws public and no taxation without consent. ...
