1. John Locke's Second Treatise
John Locke was a Treatise writer and political philosopher who spoke against Sir Robert Filmer and wanted to justify the rule of King William. ... Majority rule sounded like the most fair and equal form of civil government but Locke also argued against it because of how history showed that it fails. The only way to form a civil society of majority rule is to have a society of people submitting themselves into the majority and agrees to abide by the rules of the majority. ... The legislature is the most important because it's first rule is to preserve society. ... Locke writes that all...
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