John Locke placed the concept of private property as the main concept of his political theory. Private property is natural and therefore legitimates natural political power compared to the divine legitimation of feudal political power. Locke is a great advocate of capitalist society against feudal monarchy based on theological ideology. His criticism of Filmer's idea of the Christian foundation of monarchic power provides the base for his concepts of private property, civil society, state, law and judge. The final end of all state and social institutions is the defence of private property as the most important natural thing.
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