John Locke wrote about the ..... of all people and the contract theory of government.

THE AMERICAS PREHISTORYAD 1570

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John Locke wrote about the ____ of all people and the contract theory of government.

A	civic responsibility
B	divine right
C	natural rights
D	social contract

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -John Locke’s theory of natural rights consists of the rights to life, liberty, and property. Every human being has these rights in a state of nature, and they have to be preserved when people enter into a commonwealth.

Detailed explanation-2: -Locke wrote that all individuals are equal in the sense that they are born with certain “inalienable” natural rights. 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."

Detailed explanation-3: -The relation between natural and legal rights is often a topic of social contract theory. The term takes its name from The Social Contract (French: Du contrat social ou Principes du droit politique), a 1762 book by Jean-Jacques Rousseau that discussed this concept.

Detailed explanation-4: -Accordingly, Locke held that the obligation to obey civil government under the social contract was conditional upon the protection of the natural rights of each person, including the right to private property. Sovereigns who violated these terms could be justifiably overthrown.

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