The correct is A) John Locke.
Which of the following scholars proposed a bottom-up or natural theory of property acquisition?
Answer: John Locke.
This brilliant Emlinghtenment philosopher and economist established the Theory of property rights in his famous book titled "Second Treatise of Government" in 1690. John Locke believed that humans were born with natural rights such as the right to own property.
According to Locke, through work and appropriation, individuals could own property and material things.
Other authors that refer to the topic of property were David Hume and Thomas Hobbes.
