John Locke's Second Treatise Of Civil Government

When it comes to the author’s intent between the laws of society and the laws of nature, is to make people realize that the two laws are different but similar and help us out as a whole while looking at Locke’s Second Treatise of Civil Government. The Law of Society law is where men exist a state of perfect freedom and equality where their actions and choices are free and can’t be limited while the natural laws are where man should be completely free and equal, to be governed by authority.

The Law of Nature is explained as a state of equality where no one has power over another, and all are free to do as they please. But with that being said, it doesn’t give others the right to abuse others but it does give each individual the right to execute natural laws, which are universal. Although, Locke’s theory includes many assumptions that include: the natural law derives from a set of rights and no one would have any rights at all in the absence of moral code applicable to human actions, nor would there be ay

standard of just punishment.
With the Law of Society, is where man is not his own law or government, he is governed by authority.

Some men would like to have authority rather than being their own government. One reason for this is other men still in a state of nature cannot be supposed to respect all men’s freedom. His property may be invaded, his life could be threatened, and other men’s self-interest may be preclude their acting for the common good. Sometimes, being a state of nature can be dangerous and full of changes. Therefore, men would want a government instead of a nature state to preserve their lives, rights, and estates. There are also many things lacking with being in a nature state. Some of those things is that there is no known, commonly agreed-upon law that all men have to abide by- right and wrong are relative terms. There also isn’t a single, indifferent judge to meditate disputes so all men are judges and more likely to privy their own passions and

self-interest.
The relevance to all of this is that without the Laws of Society, men would be roam free and do whatever they wanted as long as it benefitted themselves. They wouldn’t care about other’s lives and how it would affect them. Men would be doing whatever they wanted when they wanted, no matter what it was. But, now that we have the Law of Society, the government has helped keeping men in line. We can’t just look at how it would affect just us, we need to look at how it will affect others around us and our future as one. One mistake from one person, could lead into a large issue. If we also didn’t have a Second Treatise of Government by John Locke, there’s a chance that our society, wouldn’t be the way it is now and there’s a change that our Declaration could be completely different and us as a whole society could have been lead in a completely different direction.