1. rejects the idea that humans are somehow stained by original sin
2. if humans are tabula rasa, then humanity can be improved
3. everyone, then, has a right to life, liberty, and property (except women and slaves, of course)
4. though he did not say it, logically gender becomes a social construct
5. relationships are not gender-based but are based on a social contract à i.e., the leader does rule as a husband to a wife