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”
