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The foundational base of western democracy has been shaped by Locke’s ideas of constitutionalism, freedom and property. Elucidate.

  • UPSC 2025
  • 20 marks
  • Western Political Thought

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Magna Carta (1215) and parliamentary consent to taxation had long limited English kings. John Locke turned such practices into a theory: the Second Treatise of Government (1689), published beside the English Bill of Rights, grounds government in natural rights, consent and trust. All three ideas entered Western institutions, and each had to be rebuilt to…

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  • Constitutionalism: Power Held on Trust
  • Freedom: Equal Persons, Governed by Consent
  • Property: The Independent Citizen
  • The Base Rebuilt
  • Conclusion
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