John Locke Flashcards
Name Of Locke’s Key Work?
Two Treaties Of Government (1690)
What Is Locke’s Importance To Liberalism?
Seen As The Father Of Liberalism
What Is Locke’s Importance To Classical Liberalism?
Raised Important Issues About Human Nature And The Type Of State
What Ideas Did Locke Dispute?
Locke Denied The Idea That The State Was Part Of God’s Creation And The Idea Of ‘Divine Right’ Of Kings
What Is Locke’s Idea Of A True State?
A State Created By Mankind To Serve Mankind And Would Arise From Consent Of Those Who Would Be Governed
What Did Locke Believe Was Prior To The State?
The Idea Of A ‘Natural’ Society Which Served Mankind’s Interest Tolerably Well
What Term That Locke Quoted From Hobbes To Describe Natural Society?
‘State Of Nature’
What Did Locke Believe All Humans Were Guided By?
Rationalism
What Did Locke Believe The State Of Nature Was Underpinned By?
‘Natural Laws’, ‘Natural Liberties’ and ‘Natural Rights’
What Did Locke Call The Modern Society?
‘State Of Law’
What Did Locke Reason For Modern Society Being Designed As It Is Today?
Designed To Improve Upon An Essentially Tolerable Situation, By Resolving Disputes More Efficiently Than Under The State Of Nature
For Locke How Could The ‘State Of Law’ Be Legitimate?
If It Respected Natural Rights And Natural Laws
What Was Locke’s Idea Of Ideal State?
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.
What Does Locke’s Ideal State Eventually Become Know As?
‘Social Construct Theory’
Because Of The Constructed Nature Of The State Which Principle Would It Have To Undertake?
The Principle Of Limited Governments, Because To Be Limited Is To Represent The Interest Of The Governed
