Valencia College Ownership of Individual Property Discussion

John Locke: Second Treatise of Government, Chapter V. Please read Section 28 of Chapter V. of John Locke’s Second Treatise of Government.

http://www.gutenberg.org/files/7370/7370-h/7370-h.htm#CHAPTER_V

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1. In Section 28 of Chapter V. of his ‘Second Treatise of Government’, John Locke seems to define the right to property as the result of one’s labor. But what about the ownership of natural resources? Do you think that Locke’s theory would allow for the ownership of land (or water, or air)?
2. In Locke’s ‘acorns and apples’ example, what would happen if someone bought the land with the oak trees or apple trees on it? Does this include ownership of the acorns and apples then as well, even though then there seemingly is no labor involved? Carefully explain your reasoning.