PAPM 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Highwayman, Legislature, Common Good

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Public Affairs and Policy Management
• Course: PAPM 1000
• Professor: Marc Hanvelt

Document Summary

Return to the question of slavery: puzzle: locke writes a strong (for 17th century) denunciation of slavery, but biographical fact is hypocritical he was heavily invested in the african slave trade. Answers range from he"s just flagrantly racist people are created equal only means white. Europeans", some people say the treatise is actually a defense of colonialism and the slave trade, other arguments say that in the 17th century salaries were hard to come by (excusable for earning a livelihood?) Even today, there are lots of people who have investments in companies like lougheed martin, oilsands companies - questions about the extent to which you can infer direct support/endorsement of policies of countries/companies based on one"s investments. In canada, most people that invest are invested in mining/oil/arms industries. To what extent does how we read the text rest upon how we make sense of this fact of locke"s life?".