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John Locke

To love our neighbor as ourselves is such a truth for regulating human society, that by that alone one might determine all the cases in social morality.

John Locke

Society

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John Locke is saying that treating others with the same care and respect we want for ourselves provides a clear rule for how people should behave in society. He believes this principle is enough to decide what is right or wrong in social relationships.

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