Locke Flashcards
When was Locke born and died ?
1632 - 17-4
What is Locke associated with ?
Empiricism
What are the two essay Locke wrote ?
Essay Concerning Human Understanding (1690) and two treatise of Government (1689)
What aera was Locke writing in ?
17th century Britian with association to the two revolution with the second one knows of ‘Glorious Revolution’
What were the Revolutions concerned with ?
The transformation to English state from absolute monarchy (charles 1) to constitutional monarchy (charles 11)
What was the crisis around this time ?
Fiscal crisis and need to raise funds , did this through taxation
What is the Five Knight Case ?
In 1627 where if someone refused to pay up they could be imprisoned wihtout trail .
What did Locke believe in ?
The principle of the rule of law and of equality before the law . He argues against the state of war and believes human are ‘sociable’ and capable of self-restraint .
What does Locke believe about natural law?
Is timeless and universal and has priority over civil law
What does Locke belive about human beings ?
They are rational and able to comprehend the requirement of the law. Believe they have natural rights which others have a duty to respect even in the state of nature and the sovereign has a right to protect these civil laws .
What does lock say about resistance ?
There is a ‘right to resistance’ in certain circumstances when a sovereign commits act forbidden by the law of nature (theft_ or betrays his trust
What does Locke value ?
Individual liberty
What is negative liberty ?
The idea that the concept of liberty involves being able to do as we please without interference
What is positive liberty ?
Belief that law creates and sustains liberty rather then diminished it
What are lockes views similar to ?
Republicanism but did not self-identify as a liberal thinker but a “whig” not a “tory”
What theory type is Locke associated with today ?
Classical liberalism before its transformation into liberal democracy
What is Lockes view on natural law ?
Protects the private sphere where individuals should be left at liberty to do what they will with their own person and property.
What is Lock’s view on natural rights ?
They should ought not be interfere with and if the soverign interferes they may be rebelled against and resisted.
What was the “The European Enlightenment”?
New way of thinking about the world , naturally and socially
What is Locke’s views on Slaves?
That the relationship between masters and their slaves could not possibly rest upon consent only force and violnece.
