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IDEAS AND THINKERS

John Locke and social contract theory

Moyra Grant evaluates John Locke’s vast impact on liberal thought

John Locke

The political ideas sections of the examination specifications require thorough knowledge and understanding of John Locke’s contribution to socialist thinking.

Why do states and governments exist? For most of humans’ 300,000-year history, until only about 6,000 years ago, they did not. Why did they come into being, why do we (largely) obey their rules and laws, even when we may disagree with them and what do we, the people, expect in return?

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