▁Lock e ' s ▁understanding ▁is ▁usually ▁phr ased ▁in ▁terms ▁of ▁a ▁revision ▁of ▁Hob bes ▁upon ▁Hob bes ian ▁contract arian ▁grounds . ▁Lock e ▁turned ▁Hob bes ' ▁pres cription ▁around , ▁saying ▁that ▁if ▁the ▁r uler ▁went ▁against ▁natural ▁law ▁and ▁failed ▁to ▁protect ▁" life , ▁liberty , ▁and ▁property ," ▁people ▁could ▁just ifi ably ▁over throw ▁the ▁existing ▁state ▁and ▁create ▁a ▁new ▁one . ▁ ▁While ▁Lock e ▁spoke ▁in ▁the ▁language ▁of ▁natural ▁law , ▁the ▁content ▁of ▁this ▁law ▁was ▁by ▁and ▁large ▁protect ive ▁of ▁natural ▁rights , ▁and ▁it ▁was ▁this ▁language ▁that ▁later ▁liberal ▁think ers ▁preferred . ▁Political ▁phil os opher ▁Jer emy ▁Wald ron ▁has ▁pointed ▁out ▁that ▁Lock e ' s ▁political ▁thought ▁was ▁based ▁on ▁" a ▁particular ▁set ▁of ▁Protest ant ▁Christian ▁assumptions ." ▁To ▁Lock e , ▁the ▁content ▁of ▁natural ▁law ▁was ▁identical ▁with ▁bib lic al ▁eth ics ▁as ▁laid ▁down ▁especially ▁in ▁the ▁Dec alog ue , ▁Christ ' s ▁teaching ▁and ▁exempl ary ▁life , ▁and ▁St . ▁Paul ' s ▁ad mon itions . ▁Lock e ▁derived ▁the ▁concept ▁of ▁basic ▁human ▁equality , ▁including ▁the ▁equality ▁of ▁the ▁sex es ▁(" Ad am ▁and ▁E ve "), ▁from ▁Gen esis ▁ 1 , ▁ 2 6 – 2 8 , ▁the ▁starting - point ▁of ▁the ▁the ological ▁doctrine ▁of ▁Im ago ▁De i . ▁One ▁of ▁the ▁consequences ▁is ▁that ▁as ▁all ▁humans ▁are ▁created ▁equally