Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau while all being similar in many ways, also differentiate amongst themselves as well. ... John Locke in his book called The Second Treatise on Civil Government describes the government, or common-wealth as being a compilation of what its people have given up to the government. ... Locke believes that the government cannot harm the public because in the State of Nature there are certain inalienable rights that not even government can violate. ... John Locke has created a different set of actions that take place in the formation of a common-...

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