He thought that people were born "Tabula Rasa" or like a blank slate. The environment in which one lives influences weather one is good or bad.
John Locke said that his laws and beliefs should not be changed.
children are born good
He proposed people should think for themselves and all had god given rights to property and protection.
John Locke believed that people could be trusted to govern. He believed that people had the right to life, liberty, and property. He said that people should have a word in who should be governing them !
I think you have it backwards, but that the United States democracy is based on the philosophy of Locke so the constitution agreed with Locke.
he thought that people weremoral and reasonable
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Life, Liberty, and the power to own personal property.
John Locke didn't believe in any religion. He was a philosopher and a writer who believed that a good government is based on a social contract between the people and the rulers.
John Locke said that his laws and beliefs should not be changed.
One of the Enlightenment thinkers who believed that people had the right to overthrow bad governments was John Locke. Locke argued that if a government fails to protect the natural rights of its citizens – life, liberty, and property – then the people have the right to rebel and establish a new government.