Unit 6 - Empiricism Lecture - Locke

Question 1

Tabula rasa

Answer 1

Rejection of innate ideas

Question 2

Innate ideas

Answer 2

Tend to be a conservative doctrine

But they are just prejudice

Question 3

Nature of humans

Answer 3

Highly flexible

Question 4

Self and consciousness?

Answer 4

Both active, not just an epiphenomenon

Question 5

Sensation

Answer 5

Simple ideas and percepts

Question 6

Perception

Answer 6

Reflection

Question 7

2 types of necessity

Answer 7

1. External constraint

2. Unease of the non-contemplative mind

Question 8

External constraint

Answer 8

Something from the external that restricts choices

eg. gun to head

Question 9

Unease of the non-contemplative mind

Answer 9

You are only free if you think about what you are doing

Contemplative mind has free will and can make an informed decision

Question 10

Relationship between morality and pleasure

Answer 10

Locke was “good Christian”

Locke believed in morality and fairness, thought it was natural and pleasurable

Question 11

Locke & associationism

Answer 11

Not an associationist

Said ideas are linked only through deliberation and reasoning

Question 12

Locke’s political views

Answer 12

Social contracts for economic gains
Capitalist utopia with voluntary contracts and strong property rights enforced by state
Similar to libertarianism
Said this leads to most happy people