John Locke: Inequality Wealth Man
John Locke proposes that with the creation of private property (wealth) man is better off despite the inequality wealth creates. Prior to money or private property, man was just surviving on the earth worried about where to get food, shelter and water. However, with the creation of private property or wealth man is rewarded for his labor and has the means to obtain more readily those things he needs to live without waste so as not to offend the equality of man within nature. I agree with Locke that despite the inequality of wealth man is better off than before because we no longer need to focus on survival. I support John Locke’s argument, “that wealth creates inequality that leads to a bettering oneself as a result because we as a society
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Locke also believes that because God gave us the reason he gave us our internal human instincts and desire for self-preservation, which comes from private property. He goes by the belief that God gave mankind the world with private property and mixing labor that make people better off as a result. By everyone working together, it supports economic inequality (does this sentence sound okay? Should I add something, I like how in the beginning you related it to the food water and shelter). Money can be seen as incentivizes the production of more. This can increase the amount of resources and production we have. Locke is correct when he states that everyone is better off when there is an economic inequality because it creates a state where people must realize that effort and accountability result in a positive atmosphere for betterment. We no longer need to toil daily to achieve self-preservation. It has become a communal effort to provide the basic needs of life. By the cohesion of everyone doing what is needed there will be a economic progress for the individual. This is shown in present time today because even with the social classes everyone still benefits. I have confidence in Locke’s theory because it is shown in todays in civilized society that the focus is no longer on self-preservation. We are focused on creativity and wealth. Locke has moved us from hunters and gatherers, a state of nature for self-preservation, to a place of communal growth with private property, wealth accumulation, possible through labor and
Locke also believes that because God gave us the reason he gave us our internal human instincts and desire for self-preservation, which comes from private property. He goes by the belief that God gave mankind the world with private property and mixing labor that make people better off as a result. By everyone working together, it supports economic inequality (does this sentence sound okay? Should I add something, I like how in the beginning you related it to the food water and shelter). Money can be seen as incentivizes the production of more. This can increase the amount of resources and production we have. Locke is correct when he states that everyone is better off when there is an economic inequality because it creates a state where people must realize that effort and accountability result in a positive atmosphere for betterment. We no longer need to toil daily to achieve self-preservation. It has become a communal effort to provide the basic needs of life. By the cohesion of everyone doing what is needed there will be a economic progress for the individual. This is shown in present time today because even with the social classes everyone still benefits. I have confidence in Locke’s theory because it is shown in todays in civilized society that the focus is no longer on self-preservation. We are focused on creativity and wealth. Locke has moved us from hunters and gatherers, a state of nature for self-preservation, to a place of communal growth with private property, wealth accumulation, possible through labor and