In Part 4 of our John Locke Series, we explore how individual consent becomes collective power, how people, once free and equal in the state of nature, unite to form a political society through the social contract.

For Locke, this contract is not a surrender to authority, as Hobbes imagined, but a mutual agreement among free individuals to create a government that protects their life, liberty, and property. The purpose of government is not domination, but preservation, and when rulers break that trust, the contract dissolves.

In this episode, we examine:
• How Locke’s social contract differs from Hobbes’ idea of submission to the Leviathan
• Why people choose to form societies and governments
• The meaning of political legitimacy and collective will
• How Locke’s ideas shaped modern constitutional democracy

Locke’s vision of political society remains the foundation of modern political thought, reminding us that government exists for the people, not the other way around.

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