Political Science · Political Theory
Read the assertion and reason and 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)
C(A) is true, but (R) is false
D(A) is false, but (R) is true
Correct answer: (A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A) — Both statements are true and the reason correctly explains the assertion.
Explanation
★Both statements are true and the reason correctly explains the assertion.
★For Locke, natural rights to life, liberty and property belong to man in the state of nature, before the state exists.
★They are a product of nature and natural law, not a gift granted by any government.
★Precisely because these rights are pre-political, the state is created to protect and safeguard them.
★Locke's whole theory makes the protection of natural rights the very purpose and justification of the state.
★So the reason explains why the assertion matters politically: the state exists to secure these prior rights.
★If a government instead destroys these rights, Locke allows the people the right to resist and replace it.
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