John Locke's Political Philosophy
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You can’t have a name like John Locke without knowing at least
something of the great 17th century philosopher. Please allow me
your indulgence as I reconcile for you my lineage and his.
something of the great 17th century philosopher. Please allow me
your indulgence as I reconcile for you my lineage and his.
"Social justice progressives are fulfilling, not betraying, the ideals of their Enlightenment forebears." In this essay, contra Jordan Peterson, I explain the philosophical roots of "social justice progressivism" as being perfectly... more
Perhaps the strongest attempts to derive support for basic income policy from Locke’s thought hinge on Locke's view that the world and its resources were originally owned in common by all persons. This world ownership, many have supposed,... more
The sense of religious education under discussion in this chapter will be the formative influence of children, with respect to religions. Such influence could be anti-religious, pro-religious, or neutral about the value of religion. What... more
This work is Chapter 11 in the John M. Meyer and Jens M. Kersten edited volume "The Greening of Everyday Life" (Oxford University Press, 2016), pp.183-97. It builds in part upon my earlier work "Plumwood, Property, Selfhood and... more
The article examines whether realist theory should adopt a philosophical anarchist position concerning political obligation. The conclusions are mixed. Drawing on a distinction between strong and weak theories of political obligation (in... more
Deutsche Neuausgabe von John Lockes Some Thoughts Concerning Education. Mit biographischer und gesellschaftsgeschichtlicher Einleitung. https://meiner.de/gedanken-uber-erziehung.html
Resumo: O propósito do presente artigo é apresentar a defesa da tolerância realizada por John Locke na Carta sobre a Tolerância e avaliar se ela pode ser interpretada como uma reivindicação da laicidade do Estado. De modo mais específico,... more
Uma História das Ideias Sociais e Políticas
Liberalism is a term employed in a dizzying variety of ways across the humanities and social sciences. This essay seeks to reframe how the liberal tradition is understood. I start by delineating different types of response – prescriptive,... more
Comparative Analysis of John Locke's Second Trestise of Government and Niccolo Machiavelli's The Prince and Discourses of the Livy. Author: Angel Versetti "A wise ruler should nip any rebellion in the bud, claims Machiavelli’s Prince.... more
THE SUBJECT MATTER of this essay is Locke's well-known discussion of consent in sections 116-122 of the Second Treatise of Government.' I will not be concerned to discuss the place of consent in Locke's political philosophy 2 My concerns... more
Two years after the publication of Locke's An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, he sought advice from his Irish friend, William Molyneux, concerning improvements for the second edition. This discussion resulted in the most substantial... more
Lord of the Flies (1954) is truly one of the most important works that illustrates the relationship between humankind and politics in the English literature. In the story, we witness a group of boys that have survived from a plain-wreck,... more
Beginning in the 1600s, European philosophers started debating the question of who ought to govern a nation. As the absolute rule of kings declined, Enlightenment philosophers such as Thomas Hobbes and John Locke advocated different forms... more
J. Doomen, Freedom and Equality in a Liberal Democratic State. Brussels: Bruylant (Larcier), 2014
Adam Smith closes the first chapter to Theory of Moral Sentiments, 'Of Sympathy', with a harmless enough assertion: 'We sympathize even with the dead'. Death is not a topic that much interests Smith in Theory of Moral Sentiments. With... more
Locke’s theory of property as found in the Second Treatise of Government was regarded as the cornerstone of classical liberalism (Gough, 1950). His attempt to ground the right to property in natural law was seen to be an important device... more
The task to reshape governments in the countries confronted with the Arab Spring prompts the question whether there are necessary conditions to realize a stable society that simultaneously seeks to eliminate the elements that have led to... more
An Analysis of the Causes of the Success of the Glorious Revolution and of the Defects of the Social Contract Theory that went with it.
This thesis analyses the role of theology in the birth of classical liberal political philosophy in the West. It aims to show that, like every system of ideas, liberalism is indebted to theology and metaphysics, and that Christian... more
The present article compares John Locke’s and John Owen’s approaches to toleration. Owen, a towering figure of the Puritan revolution and a Protestant scholastic whose work is still the object of significant appreciation in Reformed... more
In my paper, I attempt to trace the epistemological arguments in John Locke,from which we deduce the principle of toleration not solely in religious matters, but in the whole field of social life. I do not focus only in the Four Letters,... more
Political philosopher John Locke stood at the beginning of the classical liberal tradition that has shaped Western discourse throughout modernity, emphasising an unprecedented primacy of the freedom and equality of the autonomous... more
Although its origins stem from theological debates, the general will would ultimately become one of the most celebrated and denigrated concepts emerging from early modern political thought. Jean-Jacques Rousseau would make it the central... more
Abstrak Studi ini membahas terkait dengan pemikiran John Locke. Locke bukan hanya seorang filsuf biasa, peranan semasa hidupnya banyak sekali memberikan dampak bagi penerusnya, terutama penanan Locke dalam pendekatan emperisme. Pemikiran... more
La formule cicéronienne natura aut voluntas associe deux des contributions les plus originales de la philosophie hellénistique et romaine à la pensée éthique et politique occidentale. Les six premiers chapitres examinent éléments... more
This paper provides an entrance into central discussions regarding Kant’s account of property. The first section shows how Kant engages and transforms important, related proposals from Hobbes and Locke as well as how the ‘libertarian’ and... more
Öz: Bu çalışma İngiliz filozof John Locke’un doğal hukuk yaklaşımını kendisinin siyaset felsefesi ekseninde ele almaktadır. Locke’un siyaset felsefesi kadar doğal hukuka ilişkin görüşleri de yaşadığı dönemin ekonomi politik gerçekliğinden... more
Political philosophers often employ figures of speech such as metaphors, similes, hyperbole, and parallelism in order to add some sort of a literary or rhetorical quality to their writings and also to help the reader understand their... more
Responding to Quentin Skinner's narrative of the development of the concept of the right to revolution in his landmark work Foundations of Modern Political Thought, I argue that John Locke should be reinstated as the seminal figure in... more
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Ongoing discussion of this paper here: https://www.academia.edu/s/cf13d33860?source=link Philosophy – whether traditional or contemporary – has nothing to say about the human metaphysical predicament, and cannot even offer a basic... more
In Locke’s Second Treatise of Government: Book II (1690) and Rousseau’s Social Contract (1762), both philosophers argued that humans are naturally free and equal; however, while Locke argued that human nature is brutal and must be bound... more
Locke’s theory of property is irreconcilable with intellectual property. Property-like titles in ideal objects cannot be introduced within the framework of the natural law, because they could constrain others from acts necessary for their... more
The paper addresses Locke's political implications in the theory of fiduciary powers presented in the Second Treatise on Government. I proceed by analysing Locke's conception of natural rights in the state of nature as well as his... more
“This thoughtful book by Ismail Kurun builds upon earlier investigations of the religious foundations of modern social and political life. Kurun focuses in particular upon the theological and largely Protestant origins of liberalism. We... more
Although many commentators on Rousseau’s philosophy have noted its affinities with Platonism and acknowledged the debt that Rousseau himself expressed to Plato on numerous occasions, David Williams is the first to offer a thoroughgoing,... more
This paper not only describes a confusing network of terms (including “political society”, “commonwealth”, and “community”), thus defining a problem of interpretation, but also partially solves the problem. One result is that Locke turns... more