POL 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Tacitus, Fetus, Thomas Hobbes
7 Jan 2016
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The lockian view emphasizes a radical break from hobbes + plato. It recommends an extensive liberty for persons, a liberty that is prior to the state, and a liberty that disciplines governing power. On locke"s view, governing is legitimate when it respects individual rights; when it respects the rule of law + constitutionalism. Liberty is also importantly conceived alongside property (and development) - the two can"t be separated. Makes the first property we have is your assertion there is a tight connection between liberty and property. Locke vs plato vs hobbes consent personal liberty. Best responds to the challenge of human nature. Locke: individual liberty not pessimistic project a trust that we could have anti-hobbesian, neutral with respect to the good, state does not tell you how to live. Plato: people tell you what to do legitimacy. Consent you either agree to it or come together (ie: born or hang around it).
