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John Locke
Title: John Locke
Category: Law & Government / Government & Politics
Details: Words: 415 | Pages: 1.8 (approximately 235 words/page)
John Locke
John Locke wrote his Second Treatise of Government that man, in the state of nature are in “a state of perfect freedom to order their actions, and dispose of their possessions and persons, as they think fit, within the bounds of the laws of nature, without asking leave, or depending upon the will of any other man.” In other words, all men are equal and independent. St. Thomas Aquinas, on the other hand, believes that …showed first 75 words of 415 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 415 total…independence, then you have an entire chaotic society that has no governing power. If you have no government then you have no peace. This then gives the politicians something that they say that they have to or had to fix.
As Christians we should use the theories presented by Thomas Aquinas, these theories are peaceful, and allow for a free, yet governed society. With out government, there is chaos; without chaos, there is no independence.
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