dash; men united fend for each other and fulfill more roles critical to survival. Procreation is another motivating force. Tangled and tied up with procreation is the desire to protect and love others as well as oneself. Each man believes that he has the freedom and right to pursue that which he desires for himself and those that he loves and/or protects. As a group expands and grows, becoming a society, desires of some will compete with others; yet each has the right to pursue their desires "within the bounds of the law of nature." John Locke begins with this concept, in his publication, Two Treatises of Government, when he describes "what state all men are naturally in."
             Competitions of desires create situations requiring resolution. Locke recognizes that man is a creature susceptible to being ruled by his emotions; especially if it is his own personal desire that is in conflict with another's. To come to resolution a man, desiring to live with the benefits of society, decides "...to enter into an agreement with his fellows to set up an authority that will restrain violence and settle disputes [creating] a social contract... binding on everybody forever, unless the sovereign-a person or a group-misuses the authority conferred [upon it]".
             John Locke, by means of his reputation and his well-written works, participated in the negotiations wi
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