Question

Who felt that the duty of government is to protect the natural rights of the people which include life, liberty, and property?

Answer 1

philosopher John Locke

17th-century English philosopher John Locke discussed natural rights in his work, identifying them as being "life, liberty, and estate (property)", and argued that such fundamental rights could not be surrendered in the social contract.

Answer 2

Answer:

The reason that governments are “instituted among men” is to protect our natural rights, as the Declaration of Independence states. Those natural rights of life, liberty, and property protected implicitly in the original Constitution are explicitly protected in the Bill of Rights.

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