GVPT 241 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Bourgeoisie
4 Apr 2016
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Locke: legiimate government is government founded by consent, test his idea of consent by: what can a legiimate govt founded by consent do according to. In order to answer remember what the state of nature is like-state of nature is a condiion we tend to leave and gain consent. Main inconvenience of the law of nature. Everyone is the executer of the state of nature. Govt is given this power because we consented them to-collecive consent. Some believe he advocated for implied consent-we automaically consent to social contract by using govt services. Creaing class of bourgeoisie that has to bring itself into existence. Many sects of protestanism and catholicism that are angry with one another. Powerful upper and middle class and one cannot be upper class unless part of aristocracy. Locke is very paranoid and thinks people are out to get him. People clamoring for laws are those who own property. Modiies view on slaves as he gets older.
