Political Science · Western Political Thought
UGC NET December 2015 Political Science
Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Select the correct answer from the codes given below.
Assertion (A): For John Locke, natural rights are a product of nature.
Reason (R): The state has to protect and safeguard these rights.
ABoth A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A ✓ Correct
BBoth A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A
CA is true, but R is false
DA is false, but R is true
Correct answer: (A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A — Both the assertion and the reason are true, and the reason correctly explains the assertion, since for Locke the very purpose of the state is to protect the natural rights…
Explanation
★Both the assertion and the reason are true, and the reason correctly explains the assertion, since for Locke the very purpose of the state is to protect the natural rights given by nature.
★Locke holds that life, liberty, and property are natural rights, inalienable and prior to government.
★These rights belong to people in the state of nature, derived from nature and the law of nature.
★Government is instituted by consent precisely to secure these pre-existing rights more effectively.
★A state that fails to protect them, or itself violates them, forfeits its authority and may be resisted.
★Thus the protective duty of the state follows directly from the natural origin of the rights.
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