In Part 2 of our John Locke Series, we enter the philosophical core of the Second Treatise of Government, Locke’s vision of the State of Nature and Natural Rights.

For Locke, the state of nature was not a violent anarchy like Hobbes imagined. It was a moral and rational order governed by natural law, where all individuals were born free and equal. Each person possessed inherent rights — life, liberty, and property — long before the existence of any government.

This vision transformed political thought: power no longer descended from kings or divine right, but from the people’s shared reason and consent.

In this episode, we explore:
• How Locke’s state of nature differs from Hobbes’ vision of chaos
• What natural law means and why it binds even without government
• How natural rights form the moral foundation of freedom and legitimacy

These ideas would go on to shape the Enlightenment, the American Revolution, and the world’s enduring struggle between liberty and authority.

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