Period 6+7 Locke

Below find your class' interpretation of John Locke's text. Bring 1 or 2 questions to class for Monday or post them as comments.

A. All men have a right to life, liberty, and estate In a state of nature, he also has right to punish those that violate those rights, in a political or civil society however, he relinqueshes the power to punish and gives it to the government. This government must set and execute punishments for crimes committed both in the state(by its members) and those against the state (by outside forces).
logan adair...Katie johnson..josh frei...sophie goodner...suad Mahfouz
B. 95. Individually, people are free until they agree to be governed. 96. Multiple people are needed to form a community or government and for that entity to work cohesively, the consent of that majority is needed. 97. Once a social contract has been agreed upon it cannot be broken or else the power of the entity will be weakened.
Eddie Cabral, Eli Newberg, Brianna Axtell, Kristimari Kaiya, Daniel Klinkhammmer
C. Section 123-127
Man gives up his freedom if his property is to be protected. Man wants three things from the government: established law, a knowledgeable and indifferent judge, and the might to support the judges's decision. Man gives up their right to take matters into their own hands in order to let the government take care of it.

Frank Peng’s group
D. Section 128 to 131
One needs to be able to give up personal freedoms and allow yourself to be regulated by those laws for the greater good of society; one should also be prepared to assist the government in regulating those laws. Executives need to rule by standing laws, and those laws must be public.

From: Nicole Kraushaar, Evan Christiansan, Amy Chhunn, and Kaushik Ramesh
E. The majority has the power to remove officers and the laws they impose upon the people. They then can create a new government by mixing and matching forms of monarchy, democracy, and oligarchy untill the government meets the needs of the majority. By creating a government for the people, a legislative, a common wealth is created.
Alvin C., Nick F., Jonah M., Brenan A.

F. No one individual should have absolute arbitrary power over a group of people. To prevent this from occurring, society needs to hold each other accountable and be his/her own judge, interpreter, and executioner of his own rights.
Jacob Brewer’s group???

G. Tyranny is the exercise of power beyond right, which no body can have a right to. Any government can be liable to tyranny when leaders put their own interests and desires in front of those of their people. Locke points out the contradiction that the same act may be committed by a man on the street as the government; however, citizens are expected to submit themselves to the government.
Liz rime, Meg Walters, Noelle bellows, Trisha deweerdt