Locke's Second treatise of government : a reader's guide /

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kelly, P. J. (Paul Joseph)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : Continuum, 2007.
Colección:Continuum reader's guides.
Temas:
Locke, John, > 1632-1704. > Essay concerning the true original extent and end of civil government.
Essay concerning the true original extent and end of civil government (Locke, John)
Political science > Early works to 1800.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > National.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Reference.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Essays.
Political science
Politieke filosofie.
Early works
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Locke's Second treatise in context
  • The life and times of John Locke
  • The political and philosophical context of the Second treatise
  • Overview and key themes
  • The Second treatise in Locke's philosophy
  • Key themes
  • Reading the text
  • Getting started: the problem of absolutism
  • From the First treatise to the Second treatise
  • The state of nature
  • Equality
  • Freedom
  • The law of nature
  • Right and duty to punish: executive power of the law of nature
  • Natural rights
  • State of nature, history and realism
  • The state of war and slavery
  • War
  • Slavery
  • Private property
  • Self-ownership
  • Original acquisition
  • World ownership and equality
  • The invention of money
  • Property and colonial acquisition
  • Patriarchal power and the family
  • The status of children
  • The duty of parents and the role of the family
  • The obligations of children and parents
  • The conjugal or sexual contract
  • The origins of political society
  • The original contract
  • The second stage agreement and the role of majorities
  • The problem of consent
  • The Lockean state
  • Legislative power
  • Executive power
  • Prerogative
  • Conquest, tyranny and the dissolution of the state
  • Conquest
  • Usurpation
  • Tyranny, rebellion and resistance
  • When to rebel and resist?
  • Reception and influence
  • Locke's influence in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries
  • History, religion and Locke: contemporary interpretations of Locke
  • Locke, property and contemporary liberalism
  • Notes
  • Further reading
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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