hout this unanimous consent to government as holder of executive power, men who attempt to establish absolute power will throw society into a state of war(745). The importance of freedom and security to man is the reason he gives consent to the government. He then protects himself from any one partial body from getting power over him. He can appeal to a higher authority in his community once the consent of the people sets up a judiciary(746).
             As Locke develops his theory of consent, he addresses the issue of liberty and states that in giving consent, men do give up their "natural liberty," which involves being free from the will of any man and living by the law of nature. However, in the social contract we exchange this natural liberty for "freedom of men under government," in which we have a natural, standing rule to live by, common to everyone, made by the legislative(747). With cons
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