Right of revolution

Summary

• The right to revolution, in political philosophy, is a right articulated by John Locke in Two Treatises of Government as part of his social contract theory. Locke declared that under natural law, all people have the right to life, liberty, and estate; he wrote that under the social contract, the people could instigate a revolution against the government when it acted against the interests of citizens.

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Related Topics

• Contract theory
• John Locke
• Natural law
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• Right to life
• Social contract
• The Government
• The People
• Two Treatises of Government

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