Political Science 2237E Lecture Notes - Lecture 31: Uch, Tyrant, Limited Government
19 Jan 2018
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Political institution: money, marriage, partnership, necessary to occur bc they are responsible for reproductive purposes, to raise children you need a lasting partnership, has conditions. Ok with divorce if the conditions are not met: religion, god. Not as morbid as augustine: locke is more optimistic, ex) city of men, city of god, church. Co(cid:374)tra(cid:272)t (cid:271)(cid:272) it"s a volu(cid:374)tary a(cid:272)t to joi(cid:374) a (cid:272)hur(cid:272)h. Locke not impressed with big religion organization: ex. Ok with sects pacific christians: "outward observance, duty for a christian to be tolerant. "[s]uch men are not under the ties of the common law of reason [and] have mo other rile, but that of force and violent. A tyrant stresses any other irregular passion (passion is a form of madness) Tyrnat makes al give way to own will and appetite. Inconvenience: all executives, we have to intervene when something is wrong, does that mean locke justifies revolution against a tyrant.
