essities and convinces which drove men to form communities. The state for all intents and purposes is designed to serve the individual and provide a free and unrestricted environment in which man who is naturally free may prosper and own property. The constant threat of interference by other men in a man's freedom and enjoyment of his property has driven men to seek the safety of a community which exists "for the mutual preservation of their lives, liberties, and estates which I call by the general name "property"." (Locke 71) Locke cites three specific reasons for the formation of political society. "First, there wants an established, settled, known law, received and allowed by common consent to be standard....Secondly, in the state nature there wants a known and indifferent judge with authority to determine all differences according to the established law...Thirdly, in the state of nature there often wants power to back and support the sentence when right, and to give it due execution." (Locke 71) Other necessities and conveniences which Locke refers to are specifically and clearly defined to prevent any interpretation and or expansion of the power of the state. According to Mill the purpose of the state is to facilitate a beneficial two way relationship between individual and the community. The ends of the state are definitely not devoted to the promotion of the individuals freedom as they are in Locke's writings. Mill contends the collective interests of the community render greater reward than the promotion of individual interests. John Locke and John Stuart Mill are two philosophers who have left an indelible mark on the concept of freedom in political societies. John Locke favours greater freedom for man in political society than does John Stuart Mill does. Their beliefs regarding the nature of man and the purpose...
