“The state of nature has a law of nature to govern it, which obliges every one: and reason, which is ... no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty, or possessions (Locke 107).” This was thought by a great thinker named John Locke. John locke highly believed in social contract and how everybody is entitled to life, property, and liberty. John Locke’s ideas can be applied to and used for several revolutions. For example, the Syrian Revolution began in 2011 with a series of small protests inspired by the Arab spring and the government took military action against the people. The people started to fight back with their own forces, and once this occurred it started to became a civil war ("Syria profile - Overview") .This was later called the Syrian Revolution; John Locke’s ideas on social contract indirectly influenced the Syrian Revolution.
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His father was a country lawyer. For education he attended Westminster School in London, and was later transferred to Christ Church, Oxford. From there he later achieved his bachelors in medicine in the year 1674. Later, Locke started to come up with ideas of the social contract between the people and the ruler of the people as he stated “We give up our right to ourselves exact retribution for crimes in return for impartial justice backed by overwhelming force. We retain the right to life and liberty, and gain the right to just, impartial protection of our property (qtd. in "Locke versus Hobbes" ) .” He was saying that in exchange for our loyalty to the ruler, the ruler must protect our 3 inalienable rights. John Locke further explained the consequences of the violation of social contract or a person’s inalienable rights when he
His father was a country lawyer. For education he attended Westminster School in London, and was later transferred to Christ Church, Oxford. From there he later achieved his bachelors in medicine in the year 1674. Later, Locke started to come up with ideas of the social contract between the people and the ruler of the people as he stated “We give up our right to ourselves exact retribution for crimes in return for impartial justice backed by overwhelming force. We retain the right to life and liberty, and gain the right to just, impartial protection of our property (qtd. in "Locke versus Hobbes" ) .” He was saying that in exchange for our loyalty to the ruler, the ruler must protect our 3 inalienable rights. John Locke further explained the consequences of the violation of social contract or a person’s inalienable rights when he