From the law of nature a it prevailed in the state of nature flowed according to locke certain nature rights rights to life liberty and propert The right to liberty, he said, was man's right to do whatever he wanted to do so long as that was not incompatible with the law of nature. The right to property was man's right to anything with which he had mixed his labour,provided he made good use of it since nothing was made by God for man to spoil or destroy.'' But the law of nature did not create rights alone. It imposed corresponding obligations as well, because rights had "a law to ed govern which obliges everyone; and reason which is that law teaches all mankind who will consult that, being all equal and independent, ought to harm another in his life h, liberty and possessions That is, everyone in the state of nature, while valuing his own life, liberty and property, must also value and respect the life, liberty and property of others as a matter of duty. Such a state of nature in which men enjoyed rights and acknowledged their duties was both moral and social.