CRI300H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Political Philosophy, Limited Government, Leviathan
2 Dec 2018
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Well known for his contributions to epistemology and political philosophy. Grew up after the civil war, living with the restoration of the monarchy and their fight with parliament these struggles resulted in a form of parliamentary monarchy. Locke is living through the fight of different forms of government between the old prerogatives of the king and the new democratic forms. He"s more concerned with the topic of limited government. Locke says the covenant is conditional - the people may legitimately rebel against the government if the government does not do their job and puts them in danger. Hobbes" leviathan defends central government, locke defends the right to rebel and oppose an unjust government. There is a hierarchy of people) and you make your own judgements. Hobbes also saw equality, but he focused on equal vulnerability". Locke says everyone in a society has the right to punish.
