HIST 145 Lecture 7: Declaring Independence: The Ideology of the Revolution
22 Dec 2018
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John locke two treatises on government (1690) Political ideology- system of belief to understand the complexity of politics. Contract theory structure and rules of understanding to understand government importance) John locke- secretary of board of trade, involved in politics (1670-1690s his. Contract theory- all people possess natural rights that come from god, pursue. Before this people were thinking about privileges not rights. Man realizes that to protect rights it is necessary to give some up to protect happiness, exist outside of government others (ex. Give up some money, taxes, to protect right to roads) These rights must be given up freely. Voluntarily entered into, if one side breaks the contract, it is no longer binding. Contract is created by men, to protect, non binding, limited. Commonwealth tradition- people questioned the power of the king. Trenchard and gordon argued that power was an inherently corruptive force. The idea of having power corrupt people from having power.
