Question

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…Whenever the legislators [lawmakers] try to take away, and destroy the property of the People, or to reduce them to Slavery under arbitrary power, they put themselves into a state of War with the People, who are then no longer required to give their obedience. When legislators try take for themselves, or put into the hands of others, absolute power over the lives, liberties, and property of the people, by this breaking of trust they forfeit the power which the people had put into their hands…


– John Locke,

Second Treatise of Government,

1690


According to Locke, what may happen when legislators destroy someone’s property?


People may become beholden to the government.

People may stop doing what the government says.

People may give the government more power.

People may decide to return to the state of nature.

Answer 1

Answer: According to Locke, when the legislators destroy someone's property that  people may stop doing what the government says.

Explanation: Locke believed that the government should never break a citizen's natural rights. He has opponents that were against his beliefs, but he stood firm in his arguments for the rights of the people. Locke believed that there should be a social contract and it should be in place to protect the people.

Answer 2

Answer:

People may stop doing what the government says.