Two Treatises of Government (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9789354628634)

John Locke (1632-1704) is among the most influential political philosophers of the modern period. In the Two Treatises of Government, he defended the claim that men are by nature free and equal against claims that God had made all people naturally subject to a monarch. The Second Treatise consists of a short preface and nineteen chapters. In chapter i, Locke defines political power as the right to make laws for the protection and regulation of property. In his view, these laws only work because the people accept them and because they are for the public good. The Treatises were written with this specific aim--to defend the Glorious Revolution. Locke also sought to refute the pro-Absolutist theories of Sir Robert Filmer, which he and his Whig associates felt were getting far too popular.

Author: John Locke
ISBN-10: 935462863X
ISBN-13: 9789354628634
Publisher: True Sign Publishing House
Language: English
Published: 03/01/2021
Pages: 242
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.69lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.55d