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This 3 page paper looks at John Locke's apparently contradictory ideas about equality in society. Locke's political and social views are explored. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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as "Lockes Paradox." Of course, many can look around and see governments claim to support freedom but as Rousseau suggests, chain men to obligations. People for example may have to
endure a detrimental line of work to survive, something which alienates them, as Karl Marx claimed. In fact, many philosophers throughout the ages have noted that while mans spirit should
be free, a government cannot allow complete individual freedom. It is simply not practical, and this is the position taken by Locke as well. While it seems as if freedom
should be coupled with complete equality, that is not always practical. In his work called The Second Treatise of Civil Government it seems that free choice and
libertarianism are thematic elements. Locke (1690) wrote: "To understand political power right, and derive it from its original, we must consider, what state all men are naturally in, and
that is, a state of perfect freedom..." He goes on to say that the power of the state should be reciprocal and further, that no one man should have
more than another man. Interestingly, although in this work appears to condone freedom of choice, it is also true that Locke contends that people do have a duty to God,
which is coupled with a duty to obey their ruler (Honderich, 1995). At the same time, Locke says that the rulers power is by no means absolute (1995). Thus,
in cases where a leader is wrong, resistance may be justifiable (1995). To some degree, Lockes ideas suggest a sense of flexibility in government. Nothing should be set in stone.
The second treatise, to a degree, seems contradictory, but what Locke was trying to say is that people should have freedom, but not absolute freedom. In examining this theory
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