Like Thomas Hobbes, John Locke discusses the idea political or civil society. Locke believed that when a man is born he is entitled to freedom. This concept of freedom is given by the "law of Nature" to man so he may have, "his property, that is, his life, liberty and estate, against the injuries and attempts of other men"(Locke 350). Locke believes that man exist in a state of nature; however, Locke says that he does not think that man has the right to destroy himself or any other person/creature(without a legitimate reason.; he continues to say that that man is given the power to judge and act upon their judgment. "And this puts men out of a state of Nature into that of a commonwealth, by setting up a judge on Earth, with authority to determine all controversies."(352) It is only by man's consent that he can be part of civil society. In The Second Treatise of Government, John Locke states his belief that all men exist in "a state of perfect freedom to order their

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