POLC71H3 Study Guide - Final Guide: Amour-Propre, Democratic Republic, Classical Republicanism

• School: UTSC
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLC71H3
• Professor: Margaret Kohn

Document Summary

The exclusion crisis gave john locke much to think about. The first treatise tears asunder the arguments for both the divine right of kings and the rule of the patriarchy. The divine right of kings was defiantly an issue in this crisis, as charles ii was openly opposing parliament, the representatives of the people. If one accepts locke"s argument against divine right one can read most of the second treatise as a rebuke on the way in which the english government was operating at that time. Locke clearly is not a supporter of divine monarchy, and had concerns about the royal prerogative which was exercised at the time. He understands the necessity of that prerogative, stating that: This was the primary issue at stake during the exclusion crisis. Locke sees the necessity of prerogative in order for leaders to quickly respond to the issue of the day by strongly supports it being largely curtailed, stating that.