... The aim of the parents should not be to teach the child anything other than itellectually stimulating things. Locke therefore argues that, paternalism in theory and practice commits government to the same attitude towards it's subjects. Paternalist regimes act towards subjects like parents towards children, treating as dependents who need security, protection and guidance. Locke argues in the "Two Treatises", that political rights follow from political duties and both derive from God. Locke believed that all authority amongst human beings was equal no one was endowed with more power than the other. The authority of a father in his family and the authority of a monarch in his kingdom . All authority of one human being over another was given dirctly by God. The Old Testament also illustrates the gift of authority being bequethed to Adam. God gave the whole earth to Adam including all political authority and all rights of ...

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