PHIL 2280 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Natural Law, English Civil War, Everyman
30 Sep 2017
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John locke= most important thinker of early modern liberalism. Grew up during the time of the english civil war. Wrote two treaties of government (1st rejects the traditional view of legitimacy of political power as a divinely ordained right, the second directly conflicts. Hobbs, locke believes people have the right to protest and over throw the government) a letter concerning toleration, and an essay concerning human understanding. Locke"s social contract theory is very different from. Hobbs; locke believes that men in a state of nature can live relatively peacefully together in the absence of a common power. Locke believes people have reason and will not harm others in his life, liberty, or possessions , disputes will still arise, because there is no government our property is not secure. Hobbes believes that private property can"t exists without a state, and locke believes that private property precedes the state, because it grounded in natural moral law.
