Lock Observation

Lock suggests that whenever one puts forth an effort, or some form of labor, then whatever that individual imposed that labor on becomes his property, if said property was not someone else's prior to that labor.  Lock describes labor by means of appropriating something to oneself.  He uses the example that the deer killed by an Indian (Native American) belongs to that Indian, because he bestowed his labor upon it (30).

What I gather from this mode of thought is that it assumes a great deal about the control of the individual bestowing labour.  In this example labour can be assumed as a means of control, so therefore we own whatever we have "control over."  This is similar to Hobbes' notion of power, and how one obtains it.  By bestowing labour on something, and by having greater control on that thing than other parties, one can find a just argument for claiming anything in which he has control.