WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -In politics, Locke is best known as a proponent of limited government. He uses a theory of natural rights to argue that governments have obligations to their citizens, have only limited powers over their citizens, and can ultimately be overthrown by citizens under certain circumstances.

Detailed explanation-2: -In political philosophy, the phrase consent of the governed refers to the idea that a government’s legitimacy and moral right to use state power is justified and lawful only when consented to by the people or society over which that political power is exercised.

Detailed explanation-3: -Locke opens chapter 8 with a strong claim that consent is a necessary condition of two things: Political authority: the state has the right to exercise political power only over those who consent to its rule. Political obligation: people are obliged to obey the state only if they consent to do so.

Detailed explanation-4: -He believed that the best government was a constitutional monarchy, one where there is a king whose power is heavily limited by constitutional obligations to provide for the fair and just treatment of his citizens. Essentially, Locke believed that the king only held the power to rule if those ruled consented to it.