Abstract
G. A. Cohen has argued that Locke's remarks on the value-creating capacity of labour contain a premise which is both implausible and incoherently defended by Locke. I contest Cohen's attribution of error to Locke, and offer an alternative interpretation of his remarks, integrating them within his more widely discussed labour-mixture argument. However, I agree with Cohen, although for distinct reasons, that Locke's remarks do not constitute a plausible anti-egalitarian argument.
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