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Author of natural rights?
John Locke wrote Two Treatises of Government, and believed that governments get their power from the consent of the governed. It was a turn away from the Divine Right Theory, and inspired the founding fathers.
British philosopher who argued that governments only purpose was to protect mans natural rights?
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Who of the three natural rights philosophers had the greatest impact on American government?
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Who was the major influence for the declaration of natural rights?
John Locke an enlightment thinker
How does the declaration of independence reflect the founders reliance upon john Locke's theory of natural rights?
The purpose of government, Locke wrote, is to secure and protect the God-given inalienable natural rights of the people. For their part, the people must obey the laws of their rulers. ... Jefferson adopted John Locke's theory of natural rights to provide a reason for revolution.
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