1. We the People Unit 1
Lesson 2
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2. Lesson 2
Why do we need government?
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3. Identifying Basic Rights
What rights do you believe all people should have?
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4. Natural Rights Everyone has a right to life, liberty, and property
Sometimes called basic rights or fundamental rights
All persons have these rights just because they are human beings
Everyone born has these rights
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5. John Locke Lived 1632-1704 English philosopher
Wrote about natural rights
Wrote main purpose of government was to protect natural rights
Wrote kings should not have absolute power
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6. Absolute Power
Power without limits
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7. State of Nature
The basis of natural rights philosophy; a state of nature is the condition of people living in a situation without manmade government, rules, or laws.
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8. State of Nature Locke did not mean that people lived in the wilderness
He saw a state of nature as a condition in which no governments or laws exited at all
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9. Protecting Natural Rights
What might be the advantages and disadvantages of living in a state of nature?
What might happen to people’s rights?
What would life be like?
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10. Social Compact or Social Contract
An agreement people make among themselves to create a government to rule them and protect their natural rights.
People consent to obey laws.
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11. Social Contract
What are some laws that you have consented to, to protect your basic rights?
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12. Write a paragraph that tells how the rights to life, liberty, and property apply to you and your family.
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