What would John Locke say?
Human beings were created equally. Despite our economic or cultural level, we should all have the same rights and be treated with equality. However, this is not the case of the 21 century, a time where many people’s rights are being violated. In addition, people’s liberty, life and right of property are being drastically taken away. With this in mind, now I can introduce an important philosopher relevant to the topic, this is John Locke. Even though he doesn’t form part of our actual time period, he definitely left a footprint in the world and influenced many important figures and governments. John Locke based his ideas on the theory of empiricism which states that all knowledge is based on experience derived from the senses. He expressed his thoughts about liberty, which stated that all men are born equal and free by nature. Furthermore, he believed in the three branches of government and natural rights, expressing that no government or upper class should abuse of their power to take advantage of people’s rights.
There are 1200 mining Canadian companies around the world; two of them are found in our Central Americans countries Guatemala and Honduras. These mining companies are not only harmful to nature but to human life. In effect many people in our country have to suffer the consequences brought by these companies. …show more content…
By way of example, according to the constitution of our country a presi'dent can only hold the position for four years; therefore reelection goes against the law. However our actual president, Juan Orlando Hernandez, did things his own way and didn’t respect the constitution. He made a new law where presidents can be reelected after completing their four years of presidency. Furthermore, he broke John Locke’s belief on the right of liberty, Juan Orlando did not let Honduran citizens chose whether or not they agreed with the new
Human beings were created equally. Despite our economic or cultural level, we should all have the same rights and be treated with equality. However, this is not the case of the 21 century, a time where many people’s rights are being violated. In addition, people’s liberty, life and right of property are being drastically taken away. With this in mind, now I can introduce an important philosopher relevant to the topic, this is John Locke. Even though he doesn’t form part of our actual time period, he definitely left a footprint in the world and influenced many important figures and governments. John Locke based his ideas on the theory of empiricism which states that all knowledge is based on experience derived from the senses. He expressed his thoughts about liberty, which stated that all men are born equal and free by nature. Furthermore, he believed in the three branches of government and natural rights, expressing that no government or upper class should abuse of their power to take advantage of people’s rights.
There are 1200 mining Canadian companies around the world; two of them are found in our Central Americans countries Guatemala and Honduras. These mining companies are not only harmful to nature but to human life. In effect many people in our country have to suffer the consequences brought by these companies. …show more content…
By way of example, according to the constitution of our country a presi'dent can only hold the position for four years; therefore reelection goes against the law. However our actual president, Juan Orlando Hernandez, did things his own way and didn’t respect the constitution. He made a new law where presidents can be reelected after completing their four years of presidency. Furthermore, he broke John Locke’s belief on the right of liberty, Juan Orlando did not let Honduran citizens chose whether or not they agreed with the new