Differences And Similarities Of Liberalism

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and carriage, has its value
only from the consent of men, whereof labour yet makes, in
great part, the measure, it is plain that men have agreed to a
disproportional and unequal possession of the earth.3

In Locke's state on nature there are also three distinct problems. First
there is no established settled known law. As each man consults his own law of
nature he receives a slightly different interpretation.
Secondly there no known and indifferent judge. Which creates the
problem of trying to decide which is the correct law of nature which will be
followed in an impartial manor.
Thirdly there is insufficient force of execution. This is the problem
of how to carry out the decision of the law of nature on another when he has a
different interpretation or doesn't consult the law of nature.
Locke states that the three problems in the state of nature would be
best solved by coming together to form a new government to protect ...

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is
that the people agree to form a body politic, in which the majority rule.
Second the body politic selects a government of the day. (elects people on a
regular basis to the government to legislate the law)
Locke laid out who should be allowed the right to vote, who shouldn't be
allowed to vote and gives his reason why.

...all men as members for the purposes of being ruled and only men
of estate as members for the prepossess of ruling. The right to
rule (more accurately, the right to control any government) is
given to the men of estate only: it is they who are given the
decisive voice about taxation, without which no government can
...

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