Question

Holly Brewer defended this philosopher in an essay partially titled for “Inheritable Blood” that argues he morally opposed a document in which he wrote about a class of “leet-men.” (-5[1])He’s not Rousseau, but this thinker wrote that slavery is only permissible if the enslaved violates natural law and that no contract can create slavery. (10[1])This philosopher and his patron, the Earl of Shaftesbury, wrote a document protecting slaveholders’ rights in the Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina. In another work, (10[1])this thinker argues that governments should protect “life, liberty, and estate.” (10[1])For 10 points, name this English Enlightenment author of (10[1])Two Treatises of (10[1])Government. (10[1])■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: John Locke
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Wade Rogers (DII)Fordham APenn B (DII)28-5
Vedh Ramesh (DII)Penn A (DII)Columbia B5310
Elijah SColumbia AMaryland B7710
Paul Cantave (UG)Rutgers A (UG)Lehigh B (DII)8810
Lucas Shedlock (UG)Princeton A (UG)Bard A (UG)9710
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Andy Yu (DII)Maryland A (DII)Rutgers B10210

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