The Role of State in Regard to Property

Locke says that the state has a responsibility to preserve people's private property. He (1688) says "The great and chief end, therefore, of men's uniting into common-wealths, and putting themselves under government, is the preservation of their property" (p. 262). The state has to set laws which establish the rights of the people to own property. It has to have judges to decide between disputes. And it has to have people to execute the law once it's …

…cause everyone to gain since they can give people product from the land by trading it for other things. In conclusion, the government has to protect people's property since people have a natural right to own it and that is the reason why they joined the society. That is the only way to have a proper government, a government the people will want to be under. References Locke, J. (1688). Second Treatise of Government. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**