Reading response on Of Property From The Second Treatise of Civil Government by John Locke Q Why are children not born into equality A According to an analysis done by LitCharts we are born without knowledge and understanding and it is our parents job to nourish and educate us until we reach the age of reason A parent s power is rooted in the duty to teach and advise us until we become free This is what I understand and conclude from the reading Locke discusses how God provided for all of mankind to have property We are born as equals and no one has dominion over another so the fruit of the Earth is made to be enjoyed by all He says that the work that is done by a man is his own and he alone should reap from it it is the labor done that legitimates his possession Through labor men gets private possessions Because of this men could only possess as much property as was physically possible But then money was invented and eventually communities turned into states and kingdoms who created laws and started regulating their lands and negotiated their boundaries with other states communities and kingdoms Mankind s voluntary consent to these laws and boundaries created the inequality of possessions In conclusion Locke thinks that before government and money labor created value that men only took what they needed and that conflict over land did not exist Of paternal power conclusion In short Locke talks about the power parents have over their children and that it is assumed that the father has all the power He thinks that a mother has equal claim and that it should rather be called parental power He says that everyone is born into equality but it does not apply to children until a certain age I agree with Locke because I think money gives the illusion of power and often makes people greedy resulting in them taking more than they might need causing precious resources to go to waste I agree with the second part as well but think a mother should have more power than the father as she was the one who nourished the child and brought them into this world Sources https www gradesaver com second treatise of government study guide summary chapter v of property text E2 80 9COf 20Property E2 80 9D 20is 20one 20of 20the 20most 20significant he 20reap 20the 20rewards 20of 20his 20hard 20work https www litcharts com lit second treatise of government chapter 6 of paternal power text Summary 20Analysis 20Paternal 20power 2C 20Locke 20explains 2C 20is 20the is 20thus 20better 20understood 20as 20 E2 80 9C 20parental 20power E2 80 9D
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