Political Science 2237E Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Robert Filmer
10 Jan 2018
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Week 12 john locke: liberalism and popular sovereignty. Sir robert filmer (leading proponent of absolute monarchy: paternal vs political power. If we don"t need absolute monarchy, then what is really happening in the state of nature: pg 451 - state of nature description, the state of nature is a state of freedom, but you can"t do anything. One natural law that applied to everyone everywhere: natural law applies to everybody, something we all have innately in us, because everybody is equal and independent, nobody ought to harm anybody else"s life, liberty or property. Competing theories of sovereignty: hobbes absolute authority. 3: locke popular sovereignty ( nal political authority remains with the majority of people who agree with the political arrangement) What does this mean for the social contract: the state of nature is full of fears and continual dangers locke. Democratic principle: legislature needs to be periodically elected by the people to put limits on the government.
