Question

The following passage is Article 6 of the Declaration of the Rights of Man, approved by the National Assembly of France, August 26, 1789. Use the passage to answer the following question: "Liberty consists in the freedom to do everything which injures no one else; hence the exercise of the natural rights of each man has no limits except those which assure to the other members of the society the enjoyment of the same rights. These limits can only be determined by law." How would English Enlightenment philosopher John Locke feel about the article?

Answer 1

It promotes the concept of natural rights.

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Answer 2

He would support it because he claimed that the rights mentioned are unalienable and are self-evident. It is the duty of the law and the state to protect these rights because nobody has the right to take them away. They will only be forbidden if others try to take take those rights away from you. If someone tries to kill you, they go to jail, that is a simple way of explaining it. He tried to take your life so you take his liberty.