What did John Locke think about natural rights?
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Perhaps the most famous formulation of this doctrine is found in the writings of John Locke . Locke assumed that humans were by nature rational and good, and that they carried into political society the same rights they had enjoyed in earlier stages of society, foremost among them being freedom of worship, the right to a voice in their own government, and the right of property.
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