“And so came the use of money, something lasting which men could keep without being ruined, and which by mutual consent men would take in exchange for truly useful supports, but perishables of Life." (Chapter V: 47). In chapter V of his Second Treatise, John Locke defines the legitimate appropriation of property as a process dependent on the use of personal labor by individuals. He explains that God gave the world to all humanity so that they can use its resources to their advantage. Everyone is born with a “Property” in their “Person” and so, when an individual takes away from the State something that has been provided to him by Nature and mixes it with his Work, subsequently becomes his property. Locke underlines the gravity of work in putting “to everything the difference of value” (V: 40, 3-4). However, beyond a certain point of the state of nature, the acquisition of ownership is severely limited. Locke ascertains that individuals can rightly take only what they can use before it is ruined, and that they can take only what will leave enough for others. When money is introduced into a society, individuals are able to store large amounts of their earnings in wealth and property, and as a result, some individuals inevitably become more valuable than others in terms of value. As these select individuals achieve more, they consequently reduce the ability of others to appropriate and gain whatever they want from the Earth. While the use of money ultimately increases the inequality of property in society by exaggerating the “different degrees of industry” that have already created inequality (48), Locke claims that this inequality is justified because all men have consciously accepted its use in give money value. T...... middle of paper......s to raw materials. For example, a person may want to become a farmer. To do this in the original natural state, he would need to acquire land, animals, and materials to build his farm. It would then be able to produce only as much as it can use and without violating the ability of others to produce or acquire necessary properties. However, with the introduction of money, even if he could not purchase land for his own farm, he could look for other economic activities that would be equally beneficial to the person. Instead of owning a small farm, he could work in a grocery store and obtain the same amount of personal goods through the wages he earned, and these could be used to purchase all his necessities. Higher levels of industry encouraged by the use of money reduce the risk that individuals will fail to meet the opportunities they are seeking,