John Locke argues that it is acceptable to punish people for crimes they do while they are drunk, asleep, not in their right mind. He accepts that one might not be acting as the person they identify with, but nonetheless, it is justifiable to still punish you. In this paper, I will explain why Locke is correct for believing that people should be responsible for their actions even if they are unconscious of these actions. Locke is correct because human law cannot distinguish certainly what is real. In addition, there is only one man, he is the same person in both conscious and unconscious. Locke stated, “Human laws punish both, with a justice suitable to their way of knowledge; […] cannot distinguish certainly what is real […] the ignorance
