Question

The concept of natural rights, which was later used in the Declaration of Independence, was first proposed by

A.)Thomas Jefferson.
B.) Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
C.)James Otis.
D.)John Locke.

Answer 1

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D. John Locke is the answer.

Answer 2

(D) John Locke

John Locke was an English scholar and physician, internationally honoured as one of the most famous of Enlightenment philosophers and usually known as the "Father of Liberalism". He is considered one of the chiefs of the British empiricists, following the idea of Sir Francis Bacon, he is equally essential to social contract theory.