PHIL 1091 Study Guide - Final Guide: Ninety-Five Theses, Indulgence, Adiaphora
15 May 2014
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How do we find a way to combine the people"s duty to obey a just government with their right to disobey a tyrannical one? . If governmental policies are inconsistent with the natural law, they are unjust and non- binding: locke"s views on toleration (3 strands of his argument and what is not tolerated) Political argument: the magistrate will violate his fundamental natural law duty if he deprives someone the liberty of voluntarily entering an ecclesiastical society (a church) Spiritual argument: the persecution of others even in the name of conversion is a spiritually corrupting force in a contradiction with the teachings of christianity. Would most people?: locke would say yes because atheists have no reason to be good to anyone, making them dangerous to other members in a civil society. I don"t believe a president admitting to atheism would deter me from voting for him.
