John Locke Flashcards

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Name Of Locke’s Key Work?

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Two Treaties Of Government (1690)

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What Is Locke’s Importance To Liberalism?

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Seen As The Father Of Liberalism

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What Is Locke’s Importance To Classical Liberalism?

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Raised Important Issues About Human Nature And The Type Of State

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What Ideas Did Locke Dispute?

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Locke Denied The Idea That The State Was Part Of God’s Creation And The Idea Of ‘Divine Right’ Of Kings

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What Is Locke’s Idea Of A True State?

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A State Created By Mankind To Serve Mankind And Would Arise From Consent Of Those Who Would Be Governed

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What Did Locke Believe Was Prior To The State?

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The Idea Of A ‘Natural’ Society Which Served Mankind’s Interest Tolerably Well

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What Term That Locke Quoted From Hobbes To Describe Natural Society?

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‘State Of Nature’

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What Did Locke Believe All Humans Were Guided By?

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Rationalism

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What Did Locke Believe The State Of Nature Was Underpinned By?

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‘Natural Laws’, ‘Natural Liberties’ and ‘Natural Rights’

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What Did Locke Call The Modern Society?

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‘State Of Law’

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What Did Locke Reason For Modern Society Being Designed As It Is Today?

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Designed To Improve Upon An Essentially Tolerable Situation, By Resolving Disputes More Efficiently Than Under The State Of Nature

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For Locke How Could The ‘State Of Law’ Be Legitimate?

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If It Respected Natural Rights And Natural Laws

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What Was Locke’s Idea Of Ideal State?

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The State Would Always Respect The Principles That Its ‘Citizens’ Had Voluntarily Consented To Accepts The State Rulings In Return For The State Improving Their Situation.

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What Does Locke’s Ideal State Eventually Become Know As?

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‘Social Construct Theory’

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Because Of The Constructed Nature Of The State Which Principle Would It Have To Undertake?

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The Principle Of Limited Governments, Because To Be Limited Is To Represent The Interest Of The Governed

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