Full Idea
If the first gathering of acorns and apples made them not a man's, nothing else could. ...Will anyone say he had no right to them because he had not the consent of all mankind to make them his?
Gist of Idea
Gathering natural fruits gives ownership; the consent of other people is irrelevant
Source
John Locke (Second Treatise of Government [1690], 028)
Book Reference
Locke,John: 'Two Treatises of Government' [Everyman 1988], p.130
A Reaction
The ideas of Nozick are all in this sentence. Does this idea justify the enclosure of common land? The first member of the community who thought of Locke's labour theory had a huge head's start. Liberal individualism rampant.
Related Idea
Idea 18644 States can't enforce mutual aid on citizens, or interfere for their own good [Nozick]