John Locke’s philosophical and theological defense of property rights and religious toleration inspired other liberal thinkers (Thorsen, 2010, 191) His philosophy on individual freedom and state’s limited role can be best seen in his book titled “Second Treatise on Government” (Viotti & Kauppi, 2012, 132). John Locke (1632-1704) argued that the state of nature is not a state of war. He identified this state as one of freedom and maintained that it is governed by the law of reason. According to the social contract idea advanced by Locke and followed by others, humans in a natural state of freedom do not necessarily respect others’ right to freedom.