Honor Among Thieves

Locke certainly brings up some interesting ideas. In Chapter 3, he introduces the idea of justice and honoring contracts. He claims that these are some of the few moral principles that everyone agrees with, even thieves. If the ideas of justice and honor are responsible for holding society together, the same holds true for thieves and gangs, even though their beliefs can be a little misguided. Their idea of justice is revenge, perhaps against another gang for the death of one of their members. Their idea of honor is that everyone gets their share of the spoils. The fact that honor and justice are so instrumental in keeping even gangs together shows that it is vital to all society. This kind of reminds me of Descartes a little because their interpretations of the same principles are so radically different, but yet they are equally valid interpretations. One interpretation just happens to be wildly misguided.

Edit: Commented on Rachael Gregson's and Drew Hedden's posts