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John Locke begins his argument that men have the right to private property, ironically enough, by stating that all land was given to men in common. ... Locke begins by making to basic assumptions that each person is the owner of their own body and labor and that all the goods held in common need to be appropriated in some way to nourish all of the people. ...
Labor is one of the most important arguments of Locke. ... Locke says that this labor does not reduce the common stock, but rather increases it. At first this seems not to make much sense because every time labor is introduced to something held in common it becomes private, but Locke explains that when a man labors on land it becomes cultivated and produces more than a larger uncultivated area of land held in common. ...
At this point however Locke has not yet advocated the absolute pursuit of property. ... Locke’s limitation on possessing large amounts of property now do not have a base because any excess over subsistence can be traded for nonperishable goods.
Approximate Word count = 927
Approximate Pages = 3.7
(250 words per page double spaced)
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