SOC SCI H1F Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Religious Text
31 Jan 2017
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What locke can tell us that we can find in utility about human behavior: how individuals behave collectively. Locke identifies a certain number of beliefs about human beings and the. Lecture #2 relationship between the individual and collectivity treat locke like a religious text: locke"s principles are treated as obvious givens. Why locke matters so much to americans: symbol of rationalism, viewed as exemplar of rationalism, but in america the devotion to it has been irrational. Not recognized for what lockian doctrine is liberalism liberal view in other countries: economy works best with limited gov"t control, democrats and republicans neither seek to have substantial gov"t control over economy. Locke"s 2nd treatise regarded as explicit formulation of under spoken but deeply felt belief system of american beliefs. 3 part argument: developing model of the world without gov"t. What is about that arrangement that doesn"t work: locke can define the nature of legitimate government.
