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1. For what reason do people form a government, according to Locke? What would be the justification for disobeying laws and rejecting the authority of government?
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1. For what reason do people form a government,

according to Locke? What would be the justification
for disobeying laws and rejecting the authority of
government?

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Locke believed that in a state of nature, no one's life, liberty or property would be safe because there would be no government or laws to protect them. This is why people agreed to form governments.
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