John Locke - Second Treatise | Political Philosophy

John Locke's Two Treatises of Government (explained with summary here) is one of the founding texts of modern liberalism and liberal property rights. This video introduces the First Treatise and Second Treatise.
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I feel the states of nature between hobbes and locke differ in their confidence in others... While hobbes says a person will attack the others before they could in anticipation of threat and possible self destruction, Locke holds that people won't probably attack each other in such anticipation or paranoia, and will only harm to punish some antisocial element once a harm has been done

[@tcorourke2007]

And Rousseau was even more optimistic with his 'noble savage' conception. However, they are all assuming that self-evident rights, which we use reason to deduce, are somehow in line with 'human nature', despite how unreasonable people generally are. I also think they assumed human nature to be static, while we now know that humans are constantly evolving. I guess the question is then "Is what is ethical dependent on what humans are capable of doing or is it something to aspire to?"

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I'm not sure I understand how natural law leads to rights existing. Could you try explaining how medieval natural law theory fascilitated Locke's liberalism?

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What I like about Locke, is he doesn’t disregard Hobbes completely, he just re-construes the social contract to not be so one-sided to the commonwealth sovereign having so much control

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This along with negative vs positive rights does answer the question of is clean water a natural right.

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Can anyone say anything regarding balance here?

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My understanding is that Locke was paid by the King in Royal African Corporation stock which he had no control over. He also fled the King.

[@stevenyourke7901]

Locke posited a natural right to life and thus a natural right to labor to create the necessities of life and a concomitant right to property in the product of his labor. This provides the moral foundation of Karl Marx and socialism and is the moral indictment of capitalism and feudalism.

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John still needed more growth, but he set up ground for constitution and amendments!

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Why did you dress, at 9:15, as Whistler's mother?

[@JohnDowFirst]

You don't mention, and neither does Locke acknowledge, that Filmer is attacking Cardinal Bellarmine 's Catholic ideas.

[@bradbowers352]

It's the same as Jefferson or Madison they all wanted slavery gone but they knew it wasn't possible at that time now the fact that they exploited slavery just make some businessman

[@logicalcomrade7606]

I tend to agree with Hobbes more when it comes to the nature of man, I also think Hobbes was less of a hypocrite. With that said, I don't agree with Hobbes theory of government. Locke was a liberal, capitalist, hypocrite.

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On some things he wrote I agree. And some I do not. I agree that the government should not tolerate Catholic Papist, but disagree that it should not tolerate Atheists. I am a very lapsed Catholic and an Atheist. 🤔😇😎

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slow down....

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Lockes theory is great but your critiques are terrible...

[@sirellyn]

So any philosopher who participates in behavior opposite of what they preach can be disregarded? Wonderful! Then we can ignore nearly all of them. Especially Marx, Engels, and Hegel!

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Rectifying theory with the writers moral character is only a problem if you're an ideologue

[@CorneliusHDybdahl]

17:05 No, because billionaires are not holding idle wealth. They are billionaires because the net worth of their capital stock, which is clearly not idle, amounts to billions. You really should know this as a PhD and lecturer on political philosophy.

[@yevaka]

Yes, I love when we can amass value on a intangible form of capital, which comes from the work of slaves that nearly can't sustain themselves

[@CorneliusHDybdahl]

@@yevaka You're changing the subject. Regardless of the morality of the issue, it is still a fact that capital stock held by billionaires is not idle and so does not violate Locke's admonition against idle wealth. I would be willing to discuss the moral issues separately, but with the disingenuous debate tactics you have just now displayed, it is clear that the effort would be wasted, as you are evidently not someone interested in an honest discussion.

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[@jeremyogrizovich3247]

It’s funny and disingenuous to assume that people’s past would have our morality. Those that favor the disenfranchisement of Locke’s ideas on the basis of his involvement of the business of the day are missing the point. Let us carry on Locke’s tradition in a better way, hence modern day U.S.

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[@JustinRCampbell88]

There is a sort of love that exists when a women submits to a man and their ability to acquire resources for her. Subservience is often a form of love and trust. Some view this oppression, but it can also be attributed to love in the correct circumstances.

[@stevenyourke7901]

What century are you living in? Children are naturally dependent and tend to trust and obey their parents but women are not naturally dependent on men and certainly not naturally subservient.

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speaks too bloody fast

[@fyodor4436]

then think fast

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