ENGL 298 B: Intermediate Writing Social Sciences   Autumn 2011, University of Washington

Within passage 111 on page 60 within Locke’s text, he makes the argument that generally if people have the free will to consent to the power that they choose, they will likely choose a single person authority. Essentially, Locke starts out with explaining that within a family the members generally consent to the rule of the father, and this design is mimicked in consent based government. He goes on to say that people will likely choose an authority that they can look up to, like a father, because it mimics the human natural trait to follow the patriarchal power in the family. He finishes the passage by reminding the reader that all peaceful forms of government were started with the willful consent of the governed.