POLS 2900 Lecture Notes - Tyrant, Excommunication
4 Mar 2013
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Slavery and conquest: chapter iv: the master has the power to kill the captive at any time. Locke emphasizes more on the second sense- on livelihood: 3) political power- life and property, conquest gives conqueror the right to those he has conquered. If one cannot go to the courts, locke still believes that the individual has a right to appeal to heaven/to resort to force. The lesson: people conquered by aggressor never lose the right to regain their former liberty. The aggressor never gains a lawful title to gain his aggression: even in a just war, the conqueror gets no rights and no political power over the vanquished. The victor may lay claim to a part of the aggressor"s property for reparations for injuries suffered in the war, but that is all. The victor cannot touch the remainder of the aggressor"s possessions. Neither can the victor put the aggressor"s children into jeopardy.
