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Second Treatise of Government
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Your rights don't come from an entity called government, your life, your liberty, your property, as John Locke talk about in the Second Treatise of Government, and your pursuit of happiness.
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- Discussing natural rights and government“natural rights theory your inalienable rights”2
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John Locke in his Second Treatise on Government that was at 1690 he said look anything that really matters anything that is real there's an upper limit to how much you can want.
When you look and read John Locke's Second Treatise on Government natural rights theory your inalienable rights are not dictated to you by man it comes from a creator life later.
Dave Rubin The Rubin Report · Jul 2019 So most famously in this particular tradition he wrote the Second Treatise of Government, so this was written in the 1680s at some point and the basic idea behind the Second Treatise is that.
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Second Treatise of Government by John Locke is a foundational work of classical political philosophy published in 1689 that articulates natural rights theory, arguing that legitimate government authority derives from the consent of the governed and that individuals possess inherent rights to life, liberty, and property. Allen West frequently cited the book on The Rubin Report alongside host Dave Rubin, using Locke's arguments to emphasize that inalienable rights originate from a creator rather than being granted by the state. Sheldon Solomon discussed the historical text across appearances on Modern Wisdom and the Lex Fridman Podcast, referencing Locke's seventeenth-century formulations to analyze human desire, the limits placed on the accumulation of real goods, and the conceptual starting point of the state of nature. Brandon Turner also brought up the work on The Rubin Report to explain the basic tenets of Locke's political philosophy regarding natural rights and the enduring framework of the classical liberal tradition that influenced the American founders.
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Allen West Your rights don't come from an entity called government, your life, your liberty, your property, as John Lo… 2
“Your rights don't come from an entity called government, your life, your liberty, your property, as John Locke talk about in the "Second Treatise of Government," and your pursuit of happiness.”
“when you look and read John Locke's Second Treatise on government natural rights theory your inalienable rights are not dictated to you by man it comes from a creator life later”
Sheldon Solomon in fact uh who's it john locke in his second treatise on government that was at 1690 he said look anything… 2
“in fact uh who's it john locke in his second treatise on government that was at 1690 he said look anything that really matters anything that is real there's an upper limit to how much you can want”
“and he starts in his second treatise on government 1690 or so”
Brandon Turner so most famously in this particular tradition he wrote the second tretis of government so this was written… 1
“so most famously in this particular tradition he wrote the second tretis of government so this was written uh in the 1680s at some point and the basic idea behind the Second Treatise is that”
Dave Rubin and when you look at what you know our founders created when you look and read John Locke's Second Treatise… 1
“and when you look at what you know our founders created when you look and read John Locke's Second Treatise on government natural rights theory your inalienable rights are not dictated to you by man it comes from a creator life later”
