How enlightenment thinker like john locke change the perception of government ?

John Locke believed that people nature was characterized by a reason . That people should have the right to govern themselves.

first paragraph (and busy all the night ,with a silence deep and white )

“i think it is very plausible that if there are five votes to end the death penalty, it could be with the people who are on the court right now,” - smith

so basically it is not clearly and consistently imposed