Limitations According to Locke

An important aspect of all social contract arguments is the placement of limits, both on the power of the government and on the level of state tolerance. John Locke wrote of the limitations of government power in the Second Treatise of Government, and of the limits of toleration in his Letter Concerning Toleration. Locke claims that there is a moral limitation on the on the state as well as a moral limitation on tolerance. Man's …

…religion is to practice peace and toleration. In countries where other religions are dominant like India, Christians feel they still have the right to exist. That right should be universal. On the limits of state power, it is hard to argue with Locke's principles. The only difficulty is that the legislative authority rarely has the interest of the majority in mind. The rich landowners tend to control the government and make laws that suit themselves.