Analysis Of Pickin In John Locke's The Second Treatise Of Civil Nature
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can acquire or the land he earns (Parry, 2013). In addition, he states that labor creates and legitimizes property. This signifies that this Property differs from person to person. Precisely and according to Locke, each individual produces a different amount of labor. Thus, each one deserves a different amount of property. Each person has responsibility over his own private property or land to take care of it and cultivate it as well-cultivated land produces more than a land which is not cultivated at all as Earth has been offered to people as common property in order to use for their survival and benefit (Locke, 1689). Moreover, Property of Person is defined by Locke as the idea that each individual owns his own body together with the labor he produces. In order to support his argument, Locke (1689) provides the example of…show more content… According to the thinker, God gave the Earth to humans so that they can acquire private property. Likewise, the life of a man is the property of God and the individual cannot destroy what is not entirely his possession. God creates all men equal in order to have the same privileges and advantages (Waldron, 2002). As Locke states in his work, God demanded that the man offers labor to the earth and not waste it or feel lazy when it comes to taking care of it and cultivating it as the land that remains uncultivated goes to waste. In addition, God as the ultimate Judge (Pritchard, 2014), wanted men to own private property but did not want them to be greedy about it. Lastly, John Locke includes in his work that even though God has given Earth to humans to take advantage of it in a productive way and that each one deserves as much of land as he has worked for, the individual should take as much as he needs in order to survive but also leave enough for the rest of