What justifies a belief—and what justifies a government? This original English guide connects John Locke's account of experience and knowledge with his arguments about consent, rights, property, toleration, and resistance. It also examines the exclusions and colonial entanglements that complicate his language of equal liberty. Eighteen chapters, a glossary, source notes, and an invented riverbank decision give readers concrete ways to test the ideas. A critical introduction, not a work by Locke.
What justifies a belief—and what justifies a government? This original English guide connects John Locke's account of experience and knowledge with his arguments about consent, rights, property, toleration, and resistance. It also examines the exclusions and colonial entanglements that complicate...