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  1. The two basic principles of the liberal theory of democracy as emphasised by John Locke, are
    1. Universal Adult Franchise and the Right to Property
    2. Representative Democracy andWorkers’ Rights
    3. Popular Sovereignty and constitutional government
    4. Women suffrage and popular sovereignty
Correct Option: A

John Locke's "Two Treatises on Government" of 1689 established two fundamental liberal ideas: economic liberty (meaning the right to have and use property) and intellectual liberty (including freedom of conscience). According to Locke, the individual was naturally free and only became a political subject out of free choice. Without the consent of the people there could not be formed a civil society/ community. Secondly, Locke emphasized that all men were equal. There was a perfect state of equality with all the power being reciprocal and no one having more than the other. This is a fundamental principle of present day democracy. From it, flows the democratic principle of universal participation. That no man shall be excluded from the political process.



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