Political Science · Western Political Thought
Which is Not correct about Locke?
AHe is called the apologist of the Glorious Revolution
BHe is considered a harbinger of the Enlightenment movement in Europe
CHe believed that natural rights are the product of the social contract ✓ Correct
DHe is considered one of the leading empiricist thinkers
Correct answer: (C) He believed that natural rights are the product of the social contract — The incorrect statement is that natural rights are the product of the social contract.
Explanation
★The incorrect statement is that natural rights are the product of the social contract.
★For Locke, natural rights are prior to and independent of the state.
★The state was the product of the social contract, not the rights.
★Locke is the apologist of the Glorious Revolution.
★He is a harbinger of the Enlightenment and a leading empiricist.
★So the claim that rights come from the contract is incorrect for Locke.
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