John Locke, John Stuart Mill, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau all
dealt with the issue of political freedom within a society. John Locke\'s “The
Second Treatise of Government”, Mill\'s “On Liberty”, and Rousseau’s “Discourse
On The Origins of Inequality” are influential and
compelling literary works which while outlining the conceptual framework of
each thinker’s ideal state present divergent visions of the very nature of man
and his freedom. The three have somewhat different views regarding how much
freedom man ought to have in political society because they have different
views regarding man\'s basic potential for inherently good or evil behavior, as
well as the ends or purpose of political societies.
