In this passage, locke is describing the “state of nature.” for locke, this state is one in which people are

According to Locke, in the state of nature all men are equal and free to do as they please. This state is governed by the nature law, reason, which is provided to all men the same. Ins this state men are not allowed to attempt against their life and that of others because it does not belong to them but to the Supreme Creator of mankind, and it decides when a life is over.

perfectly free to do as they wish.

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an era of negotiation.

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its main object was the establishment of "settlement houses" in poor urban areas, in which volunteer middle-class "settlement workers" would live, hoping to share knowledge and culture with, and alleviate the poverty of, their low-income neighbors.