Property and Individual Rights

It emphasizes that every individual has a natural property in their life, limbs, labor, and its products, and that violating this property—such as by theft or oppression—is a denial of truth and a moral evil, with men being equal in a state of nature.

Discusses natural rights to property, self-defense, and recovery of what is taken by force, asserting that these rights are antecedent to human laws.

The protection of property is a central end of society, and laws are needed to ascertain and secure property rights.