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John Locke argued government derives legitimacy from:Read the answer and worked solution →

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John Locke argued government derives legitimacy from:

  1. consent of the governed
  2. divine appointment
  3. might of the sovereign
  4. hereditary succession
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Correct answer: A. consent of the governed

1. Locke's "Two Treatises of Government" (1689) reject divine right. 2. Citizens form government by social contract to protect natural rights. 3. Government failing this purpose loses legitimacy — right of revolution. __Source: syllabus Political Theory Ch 1 — natural rights tradition__

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