ion and preservation of others) and the right to property. The same rules that apply to liberty also apply to property for Locke. Property rights are prior (in principle) to government, you have a right to life and property without government. It's settling your disputes that may make it hard to do without government. The state of nature becomes the state of war when enforcement problems occur, disagreements; thus the reason for government is to preserve pre-existing rights. To get out of the state of nature government can exist only by consent and you cant consent for anyone else, unless of course they are children. There are two major elements of Locke's social contract. Phase #1 is the bare agreement to agree. People have to realize the need for government, the need for something to solve problems of the people. For Hobbes this is like a bare leap into government. For Locke, there must be societies were people agree to communicate and talk in order to unanimously agree on a government. And if someone decides that they don't want to join, well, you cant do any harm to them, or compel them to join your society. Unlike Hobbes, for Hobbes if you don't join the society and agree to the establishment of a sovereign then everyone else has the right to either force you to join your social contract or they have the right to do harm to you. The reason being is because that one individual that still resides in the state of nature has the right to everything and this by its self threatens yours and every ones safety. For Locke's phase #2, it is the establishment of a government, society consents to form government, when they agree to establishment there is next a constitution established, rules that determine government of the day. For Hobbes the sovereign is above the social contract. If the sovereign was part of the contract then there was a dispute, you would be back in the state of nature, thus the sovereign is above to make ...
