John Locke

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John Locke

• By Anjelica Short, Lea Fuscaldo, Alexandra Boden

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Biography

• Born August 29, 1632 in Somerset, Engand
• Raised in Pensford
• Family Anglican-Puritan
• Educated in West Mininister School later _at_
  Christ Church, Oxford
• Oxford curriculum unaltered by Puritan reforms
• 1666 - met Lord Ashley
• Locke helped him write constitution of Carolina
• Died _at_ age 72

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Lord Ashley

• Aggressive politician
• Many enemies
• Views
• Constitutional monarchy
• Protestant succession
• Civil liberty
• Religious tolerance
• Parliament rule
• Economic expansion

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Education

• West Minister School
• Studied
• Latin
• Greek
• Arabic
• Hebrew
• Received a scholarship to Christ Church, Oxford

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Education contd

• Oxford
• Studied
• Rhetoric
• Grammar
• Moral philosophy
• Geometry
• Greek
• Studied mostly outside of school
• Interested in science and medicine

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Publications and Writing

• 1690- Two Treatsies of Government
• about social contract theory of govt
• 1690- An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
• on origins of human knowledge
• 1693- Some Thoughts Concerning Education
• Rewards and punishment motivation

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Philosophy

• Golden Rule
• Liberalism
• Natural rights
• Government by consent of governed
• Social contracts
• Limited state
• Private property
• People property of of God all equal
• No suicide
• No murder
• No maiming
• Etc.

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Philosophy

• Slaves can only be an opposing aggressor in war
• Slavery compact for obedience and limited power
  in return for extended life
• State of war only possible when someone
  proposes to violate someone elses rights one
  innocent party and one unjust aggressor
• Only way to be victorious kill or enslave
  aggressor

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Political Theories
esp. regarding govt

The sole purpose of government is to keep justice
and protect the rights of the governed they only
have power by consent of the governed

• Governed have a say in government
• If the government is unjust people have right
  to rebel/overthrow
• Secular

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Lockes Influence

• Declaration of Independence
• all men are created equal
• unalienable Rights, that among these are Life,
  Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness
• governments derive their powers from the
  consent of the governed
• Right of the People to abolish it, and to
  institute a new Government
• it is their right, it is their duty, to
  throw off a corrupt government
• Secular government
• Capitalist democracy
• Constitution

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