Second Treatise of Government

What it's about

Locke's account of the state of nature, natural rights to life, liberty and property, the origin of government in the consent of the governed, and the people's right to resist a government that betrays its trust. Its ideas shaped the American Declaration of Independence. Nineteen chapters.

Who it's for

- Readers who want the ideas behind modern constitutional democracy - Anyone interested in where property rights and consent come from - Students of the American and Glorious Revolutions

What’s inside

1. 1

   AN ESSAY CONCERNING THE TRUE ORIGINAL, EXTENT AND END OF CIVIL GOVERNMENT

   2 min
2. 2

   OF THE STATE OF NATURE.

   13 min
3. 3

   OF THE STATE OF WAR.

   7 min
4. 4

   OF SLAVERY.

   3 min
5. 5

   OF PROPERTY.

   27 min
6. 6

   OF PATERNAL POWER.

   27 min
7. 7

   OF POLITICAL OR CIVIL SOCIETY.

   20 min
8. 8

   OF THE BEGINNING OF POLITICAL SOCIETIES.

   30 min
9. 9

   OF THE ENDS OF POLITICAL SOCIETY AND GOVERNMENT.

   6 min
10. 10

    OF THE FORMS OF A COMMON-WEALTH.

    2 min
11. 11

    OF THE EXTENT OF THE LEGISLATIVE POWER.

    14 min
12. 12

    OF THE LEGISLATIVE, EXECUTIVE, AND FEDERATIVE POWER OF THE COMMON-WEALTH.

    4 min
13. 13

    OF THE SUBORDINATION OF THE POWERS OF THE COMMON-WEALTH.

    12 min
14. 14

    OF PREROGATIVE.

    10 min
15. 15

    OF PATERNAL, POLITICAL, AND DESPOTICAL POWER, CONSIDERED TOGETHER.

    5 min
16. 16

    OF CONQUEST.

    22 min
17. 17

    OF USURPATION.

    2 min
18. 18

    OF TYRANNY.

    12 min
19. 19

    OF THE DISSOLUTION OF GOVERNMENT.

    36 min

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