Every day provides us with an opportunity to celebrate life. John Locke’s influential thinking plays a big part in our ability to celebrate life as we choose. His writings influenced America’s Founding Fathers as to the role of government and the rights of the people. John Locke viewed government as a social contract, whose main purpose was to ensure that the exercise of one’s individual rights did not harm the rights of another individual. He believed that we needed a government to provide rational rules to resolve the conflicts arising out of the exercise of individual rights. Today in honor of his birthday, I’m celebrating Individual Rights Day.
For those who wish to dive deeper into John Locke’s philosophy you can read his writings for free at Project Gutenberg.
An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding
An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding. Volume 2
and the need to fight for individual rights.
yes, that really was a thing.
you spoke out at your own risk,
and the punishments could be grim.
as the solution.
for the people,, government was to act.
to avoid placing power in palaces.
and said “aha that’s the secret sauce!”
they’d fight for their rights at any cost.
a new job had begun,
were everyone is treated equal.
actual applications didn't align.
is still a frequent rally call.
What Does John Locke Say? (The Fox Parody) - @mrbettsclass
A song to help you remember the philosophy of John Locke.
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Who Was John Locke? (Famous Philosophers)
This video provides a great introduction to John Locke and his philosophy.
Hello. Thanks for a little bit of poetic history! I am a little bit more educated now. Much obliged.
Can't access the image. Wonder why.
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I've accessed the image already. Must have been my phone. Sorry for the alarm : (
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Your welcome. Is the image issue a glitch with your device? It comes up on all my devices.
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It must be my device. But it's okay now. Must have hang or something.
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