Locke’s Political Philosophy Summary John Locke’s philosophy about political rights is clearly simple as it is written for the common people. John believed that man was created with certain rights obtained through religion or God that could not be taken away from him no matter the situation. He believed in the natural law given to govern man and man to govern himself or that no man should pay a more painful punishment than another for the same crime committed. But as the passages state, sometimes man forgets his natural or given laws and forgets about those of others as well. Locke gives an example through the notion of private ....

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