THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION 1700 1774
THE AMERICAN ENLIGHTENMENT INTELLECTUAL AND SOCIAL REVOLUTION
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Money, Property, Security
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Liberty, Money, Life
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Life, Liberty, Property
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Life, Secuirty, Protection
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Detailed explanation-1: -Locke’s idea that the rights to life, liberty, and property are natural rights that precede the establishment of civil society influenced the American Revolution and modern liberalism more generally.
Detailed explanation-2: -A central argument made by Locke is that each individual has a natural right to life, liberty and property, even in the state of nature. These natural rights flow from natural law and are governed by it. These rights are pre-political and are, thus, in effect granted by God and held by every individual from birth.
Detailed explanation-3: -That is, rights that are God-given and can never be taken or even given away. Among these fundamental natural rights, Locke said, are “life, liberty, and property.” Locke believed that the most basic human law of nature is the preservation of mankind.
Detailed explanation-4: -Life-the right to live as you choose without government interference. 2. Liberty-freedom. 3. Property-the right to own and hold property.
Detailed explanation-5: -John Locke on the rights to life, liberty, and property of ourselves and others (1689) Found in The Two Treatises of Civil Government (Hollis ed.)