John Locke

more goods that are able to be enjoyed by society as a whole. If the inequality is “morally good,” it will provide greater access to things that benefit human life. While Leo Strauss argues that Locke morally justifies “unlimited appropriation without concern for the need of others,” John Dunn argues that Locke believed “unrestricted physical indulgence” was a “morally perilous” liberty (Strauss 242; Dunn 245).…

John Locke and Thomas Hobbes are two philosophers who are well-known for their theories about the improvement of society and debating man in his natural state. John Locke, and Thomas Hobbes, had very different opinions on people and on politics. John Locke believed that men were born free, are generally peaceful beings, and that they were capable of co-operative decision-making to guarantee keeping their natural rights to life, freedom, and especially property. Thomas Hobbes on the other hand…

John Locke and Liberalism Martin A. Tornquist John Locke (1632-1704), the English philosopher and figure of the Enlightenment, has had a huge influence on developing political ideas that remain up to our present day. It’s hard to picture what, for example, the political landscape of the United States would look without him. In this text, I will look at some of his most prominent political ideas. John Locke is one of history’s most prominent purveyors of that elusive, desirable and dangerous…

thinkers were John Locke and Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Although John Locke and Jean-Jacques Rousseau lived at different times during the Enlightenment period, Locke from 1632 to 1704 and Rousseau from 1712 to 1778, their thoughts on society and its political form are comparable. Both Locke and Rousseau believed that the people should form a government, however, their ideas of government differed. While Locke believed people should form a representative democracy, Rousseau believed people should…

John Locke’s Understanding of Natural Law Facts: John Locke’s belief of the state of nature is that no person has control over one another and natural laws, rules and makes all people equal, for every individual holds the executive power of natural law. As a state of equality, not a single individual has the power over another individual, and all are free to do as the please. Although a person can’t be held under authority by a distant king, if a person is responsible for a crime their own…

essential question of who we are as people, our own personal identity, has been central to the philosophy of many thinkers. The answer to this question will ultimately decide life and death, as one’s ability to exist is dependent on their nature. John Locke tackled this issue throughout his Essay Concerning Human Understanding and it remains a central tenant of his empiricist doctrine. One can begin to understand the nature of things over time by asking a simple question; what makes objects in…

more freedom. The four main philosophers of the Enlightenment period, also known as the sage of reasoning, were John Locke, Voltaire, Adam Smith, and Mary Wollstonecraft. During the age of reasoning well educated people known as the philosophers would meet up and discuss political, religious economic, and social questions, but what were the philosophers main idea. The main idea of Locke, Voltaire, Smith, and Wollstonecraft was to help people get the natural rights that were taken from them. In…

Introduction The formulation of a new theory of property in the early seventeenth century by English philosopher John Lock led to considerations of the emergence of private property and subject to ownership, and land that must be cultivated. John Locke developed this idea of property in the context of English’s appropriation of American soil especially. Chapter V of The Second Treatise of Government ‘Of property’ highlights Locke’s ideas about property. This treatise describes the Lockean…

Natural Law According to Locke the expression "natural rights" means a validity prior to the formation of the State, that is, a category of law that refers to everyone, to the extent that materializes in the so-called "State of nature". In this sense, natural law in Locke differs from any other kind of law we can wake up, is it assumes the existence of a State, consensus or any political power. The concept of State of nature, in Book Two Treatises of Government appears with a close connection…

John locke There were many philosophers in the 17th century but one, stands out as one of the most Influential of the enlightenment thinkers. His name was John locke, He is one of the great influential minds of the enlightenment period of western civilization. He was also known as the father of liberalism. In adition to being the father of liberalism he was also a co-founder of the social contract theory. The English philosopher and political theorist John Locke born in 1632 and died…