God, Locke, and the Law of Nature

Locke's natural law theory fits into the Protestant versions appeared in Modernity, for which it is difficult to reconcile the theological voluntary aspects with the secular-rationalists ones. These difficulties in Locke are expressed in their obstacles to prove the existence of God and in reducing its attributes to omnipotence, as a result of its multifaceted religious beliefs ranging from Calvinism to deism, gnosticism to Socinianism. God is an idea of the human consciousness, a God that is an image of the human being. And the human being is free consciousness created by himself through work. All these elements give Locke's natural law theory a unique and radical tone in modernity.